Guatemalan Christmas Ponche

By Melissa Pitts First, let me begin this recipe intro by saying that this is not Mexican ponche! Guatemalan ponche is very different from your classic Mexican version (you’ll have […]

By Melissa Pitts Pumpkin flan is the ultimate sweet treat for fall, especially Thanksgiving! If you love flan and pumpkin pie, this is the recipe for you. I took Abi’s […]

By Melissa Pitts For those not familiar with Guatemalan cuisine, champurradas are typical Guatemalan cookies. It’s where biscotti meets sugar cookie in my opinion- and bring back fond memories. They’re […]

If you’re anything like me, you grew up with a dark specter hovering over your family: diabetes. My grandparents, tíos and tías and cousins would all talk about this disease […]

By Abigail Garcia I was in charge of bringing dessert for a dinner with friends a few days ago. And, I must say I love berries, but since autumn is […]

It’s no secret that the treats of Halloween tend to add up to a nutritional nightmare. High fructose corn syrup (HFCS), Halloween’s most pervasive ghoul, is a leading contributor to childhood […]

Okay, parents, let’s be honest. How many of you buy the candy you like for the trick-or- treaters? What’s your favorite? Three Musketeers? Mounds? Gummies? For me it’s the Candy […]

Deamonte Driver is a 12 year old boy who died from a toothache. You heard me right. He had a toothache that could have been prevented by an $80 exam […]

I bet you’re thinking to yourself — enough already with the obesity topic! Well, there’s a reason I harp so much about obesity; it’s because, despite all that’s been written […]

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