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Diabetes In A (Thanksgiving) Cake

Mary Mata November 26, 2010

You full from Thanksgiving? No? Ready for more? How about a double-dose of Thanksgiving food and sugar? You may remember the Diabetes in Cake-Pie form we wrote about, the Pumpple cake […]

Report: Immigrant Women in the U.S. Food Industry

Mary Mata

Undocumented Immigrants Are At Your Holiday Table

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How Do You Say ‘Thanksgiving’ in Spanish?

Mary Mata November 25, 2010

When I was a kid in the 1950s, we still spoke mostly Spanish at the homes of our extended family, and we called it “Día De Dar Gracias.” At the time, […]

Bien Buena – Latinas Don’t Worry About Weight

Mary Mata November 24, 2010

A recent report said that Latinas and African-American women don’t worry about their weight as much as whites do, they tend to see themselves as having a “normal” weight more […]

NCLR: Latino Childen are the Hungriest in America

NewsTaco November 22, 2010

Not to make anyone feel uncomfortable on this festive week, but the season makes talking about hunger a little more poignant, don’t you think? There’s a thing called food insecurity […]

Mexican Food Named ‘Cultural Heritage of Humanity’

Mary Mata November 18, 2010

Oh! The humanity! Seriously. We all know I’m a beaner, but now anyone who calls themself that is officially classy. The U.N.’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) named Mexican […]