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Food & drink

A Taste of Cuba (Bilingual)
Largest online collection of Cuban recipes and a directory on Cuban restaurants in the U.S.

Chef Lala NEW!  Food Specialist, Chef Lala's website has an extensive list of Hispanic foods, Latin American foods, recipes, menu creation, and information about her and her Los Angeles based television show, "U' La-La."  With quick and easy steps, Chef LaLa prepares meals stress free, while keeping them traditional and healthy. You may also purchase her book, "Latin lover lite" from her website.

Cocinas De New Mexico(Bilingual)
This site includes classic recipes and stories on the art and lore of Latino cooking.

Chef Merito Spices & Seasoning. (Bilingual) If you like authentic Mexican and Spanish recipes, seasonings and spices, then Chef Merito is right for you. We offer some of the world's finest seasonings and spices for your favorite specialty dishes. "En el mundo solamente hay un sabor latino...Chef Merito."™.

Desde mi Cocina Latin themed recipes

Chili!(Bilingual) Includes award-winning chili recipes and links to other chili and Mexican food-related resources.

Daisy Cooks! with Daisy Martínez
(Bilingual) Daisy Martinez's cooking has it all—vibrant colors, remarkable flavors and a keen sense of tradition.  Martinez is passionate about her culture—its music, fashion, history and, most of all, its food. In DAISY COOKS! the PBS show, Martinez salsas around the kitchen while illustrating simple steps to make Latin-inspired cuisine. Daisycooks.com offers recipes, event schedule, news, food sources and an online store.

Delicioso TV Delicioso is a unique lifestyle and cooking show that draws on, and celebrates the influences that go into the creation and enjoyment of a meal in the true Latin tradition. The program shows viewers not only how to prepare a meal, but also provides them with an entertaining blueprint, a decorating guide, a dating handbook, a shopping map, a beauty guide and much, much, more

La cocina mexicana - Find traditional recipes from each state in Mexico. Ingredients and cooking methods are described with beautiful color photographs. ¡Buen provecho!

Latina.com - Yummy latin dishes from all over the latino community.

Latino Nuevo Cuisine Healthy Latin gourmet recipes, cooking tips

Nick Jr. Dora Recipes
Famous Latina character, Dora the Explorer brings you a few cultural recipes in celebration of Hispanic Heritage. Learn how to make Empanadas, Enchiladas, Arroz Con Leche, Chicken Quesadillas and more.

Perdue Foods en Español
Perdue's Spanish version of their website, Perdue.com/es was designed to give Hispanic consumers an online community where they can search and share recipes that are an important part of the family traditions that they want to preserve. The website offers the Hispanic consumer the option to search recipes by their country of origin, desired preparation time, and meal occasion. The site also offers useful food safety content to assist consumers in the proper handling, cooking and storage of chicken.

Rockin Robin's Mexican Recipes
A collection of Mexican Recipes for the Mexican food lover. Recipes with pictures for enchiladas, fajitas, tacos, margaritas, desserts and much more. Site has a "What's New" section which gives you the latest Mexican recipes from this former chef.

Spanish Cooking - Cocina Casera
Spanish cooking cookbook web site with sample Spanish cooking recipes. Site offers a brief history on Spain, several recipes like Chicken and Seafood Paella and Castilian garlic Soup and information on how to order the cookbook.

A Taste of Cuba (Bilingual)
Largest online collection of Cuban recipes and a directory on Cuban restaurants in the U.S.

Pan-Latin Global Grocery
"Taste the flavors of the world," this site beckons: just search for food products by country, region or food type.

El Marketcito This bilingual site features products from all Latin America, as well as recipes. Items are listed next to their country of origin.

Comida Hispana A site with a variety of soup recipes in English and Spanish: Tortilla soup, chilled avocado soup, Jerky and rice soup.

Cuba Cuban Food Market
Not only can you get your café and guava marmalade here, you can also get recipes and menu suggestions, a set of double-nine dominoes, Cuban art, books, music, videos, gift baskets and memorabilia.

Mexico

MexGrocer
Not just authentic Mexican food brands and produce, MexGrocer.com features more than 1,000 traditional non-perishable Mexican specialty foods, household products and cookbooks.

Mexican Supermarket
A true online megatore, here you'll find everything from baked goods to beans, chiles, coffee, candies, desserts, menudo, mole, tortillas and more.

Puerto Rico
Antojitos
A wide selection of enchanting delicacies awaits you here, or you might be tempted to indulge a taste for authentic island arts and crafts.

El Colmadito
Specialty brands and gift baskets are just the beginning of a multitude of items that include Puerto Rican books, music, videos and crafts.

Spain

Tienda If you're hankering for Spanish delicacies like Serrano ham, saffron and squid, this is the site to go to. Expert Penélope Casa offers cokking and shopping tips. You can also get terra cotta pots and baking pans, abanicos, books and travel tips.

Spanish Recipes

Afuegolento

Mundo Recetas

Recetas de Espana Recipes from Spain include: Paella, Tortilla y Patatas, Flan and many more.

Entertaining 

Latin Chic Entertaining with style and sass. Food & Wine Carolina Buia and Isabel González, authors of the new book Latin Chic, are hoping to do for latin style what Shakira did for latin music: bring everyone to the party. Here they celebrate with their best recipes.

Cooking Tips and Advice Tips for Outdoor Entertaining, Food Storage and shelf life, The Basics of Fondue, Food Safety, Nutrition, setting a buffet table, Table Settings: Formal, Casual or Buffet, Wine Terms & Definitions, Appropriate Stemware, and much more

Celebrating Cinco de Mayo is always fun, especially with lots of good food, friends, family and music.  Check out the below links for some helpful ideas, suggestions and recipes.

Cinco de Mayo favorite fiesta recipes Here are some delicious and favorite recipes to help celebrate Cinco de Mayo.

Recipes, crafts, activities, greeting cards, and more. Here are some fun things and activities for Cinco de Mayo.

Find Cinco de Mayo recipes and reviews, including daily. ¡Viva Cinco de Mayo! What began as a provincial Mexican holiday has become a fiesta celebrated

Entertaining ideas from Martha Stewart  Inspiring and entertaining ideas from Martha Stewart to help celebrate Cinco de Mayo.  It just isn't a fiesta without crispy empanadas (and fresh margaritas)

Mexican Fiesta Decorations, Food and Drink Ideas Host a Mexican fiesta in celebration of Cinco de Mayo, May 5th. This is one of the largest Mexican celebration days, and the most popular one to cross the border. These links will help you create the right festive atmosphere for your party.

that's the SPIRIT! Entertaining and drink ideas Ole – Head for the border!  Cinco de Mayo is right around the corner.  What better excuse for a party!

Party Planning Advice & Entertaining Ideas from Epicurious.com  Learn how To Plan a Successful Party with Event Planning Tools, Helpful Advice, ready bash with recipes, entertaining ideas, hosting tips, and more

Party ideas from Lindisima.com Rose Party, Spring Party, Cinco de Mayo, Fondue Party.

Decorating

Casa Loco This is the stuff of La Casa Loca--an ethnic treat for the senses that brings the exciting, classy-meets-campy Latino style home to hip decorators everywhere.

Latino Decorating Online books about latino decorating

Latino Perspective  - Decorating with latin style

Latin Style with Juan Carlos in online videos.  Plum TV and Juan Carlos Arcila-Duque have teamed up to take you on a behind- the- scenes journey through the varied themes and landscapes of South American interior design.