I’ve been asked by family members to share the eulogy I delivered at my Grandmother’s funeral service. I had index cards with my notes because I wasn’t sure I would be able to get through it. But, I was surprisingly calm when the time came […]
Sofia and Lucas love banana bread. They were introduced to banana bread by Mr. Dave, the chef at their daycare. It’s a healthy snack I make with the kids whenever we have ripe bananas. For this easy banana bread recipe, I start with a box […]
When I was single and only cooked for special occasions, I relied on my Mom to make the sofrito. She would make it in big batches and freeze in recycled plastic containers. Before you cooked, you had to remember to defrost the huge block of sofrito. […]
Welcome to Latina Mom in NYC. For my first post, I wanted to share a special project I made for my grandmother’s wake – a family tree. My 94 year old grandmother, Genoveva Soto, passed away on May 3, 2017. She was the matriarch of […]
