DWA TeamApr 10Two cultures united by Habichuelas con DulceWhen my mother-in-law arrived from Monte Cristi, maletas in tow, as soon as they were dropped against the linoleum floor my husband was already asking, “Mami...
DWA TeamApr 10No es lo mismo ni es igual- Habichuelas con dulce editionYou know what doesn’t translate well to English? Habichuelas con dulce. I was trying to explain to my non-Latino co-workers what a decadent dessert “Sweet Be...
DWA TeamApr 10Three Generations of Making Habichuela con DulceEsto es una tradición de nosotro. Desde que tengo uso de razón he comido habichuela con dulce los Viernes Santos. My mom tells me the stories of her youth wi...
DWA TeamApr 9Sweets roots of habichuelasLas Habichuelas con dulce are a Dominican tradition we eat every Good Friday during Holy Week. I do not know the origin of this dish but I have been eating i...
DWA TeamApr 9Donde come uno comen dos.Each Sunday my sisters and I would get woken up by the sunlight hitting our faces as my mom pulled the curtains apart while she sang “Estas son las mañanitas...
DWA TeamApr 1My Mother The Superhero Growing up, my mother was my superhero. She made everything look easy and offered advice along the way so that I could get things right from the get. She wor...
DWA TeamMar 31The Lessons I Taught Myself As A Woman With A Sprinkle of Sazon de Mami The year had to be about 2000’ and I remember mi Dominicano viniendo a la casa, creeo que por la primera vez. Mami had made a Puerto Rican dish and the food w...
DWA TeamMar 30Preparate Bien Pa que no te JodanEver since I was a little girl mami would tell me “preparate bien pa que ningun hombre te pueda joder”. This was my mother’s advice to me. These words would ...
DWA TeamMar 29Lessons I learned through my mother’s life. My mother grew up in el Campo de Luperon en Santo Domingo. Mami era pobre, she couldn’t afford shoes . The only shoes she could afford she only wore for scho...
DWA TeamMar 28Aprende a pelar un platano and other lessons my mother taught me to be a good wifeAs I was peeling a platano this week, I was reminded of the many times Mami told me to learn how to do so properly. It was one of her many instructions, alon...
