Archive for the ‘Food’ Category
It’s All the Jalapeños Fault
9:31 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Food|Health|Texas · Comments Off
22 Jul 2008
The world is now safe from and for tomatoes. It’s those spicy Tex-Mex jalapeños that are not taking the heat for a nationwide salmonella outbreak.
Federal officials investigating a three-month-old salmonella outbreak have isolated the bacteria in a jalapeño pepper from a small distribution facility in McAllen, Tex., and yesterday warned consumers nationwide to avoid eating raw jalapeños or products that contain them until more is known.
So baby, if you like it raw and spicy, too damn bad.
Via / The Washington Post
Why Is There Cafe Bustelo in My Fridge? Introducing Bustelo Cool.
12:00 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Food|Marketing · Comments Off
2 Jul 2008
Not being able to drink Dunkin Donuts Iced Coffee has been making me sweat as a I drink hot Colombian coffee from the bakery across the street. Enter Cafe Bustelo. The Dominican coffee brand recently came out with a new cold beverage called Bustelo Cool. I asked for a sample. Bustelo sent me a whole case.
“This better be good,” I worried aloud, if not I’d be stuck. This morning, after a full night’s chilling in the nevera, I opened a can of Bustelo Cool.
Damn, Does This Whole Rachel Ray is A Terrorist Thing Mean No Dunkin Donuts Iced Coffee for Me?
1:37 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities|Controversia|Fashion|Food|Marketing|Media|Shopping · 1 Comment
30 May 2008
Rachel Ray annoys me. Her “simple”, so-called 20 minute recipes and happy happy cooking piss off my struggling to put a Latino meal on the table while blogging and chasing two kids. But I wouldn’t call Rachel Ray a terrorist or that she supports terrorists because she’s wearing an “Arab looking” scarf while selling Dunkin Donuts iced coffee drinks. But conservatives, among them Michelle “I suffer from self-hate ” Malkin, think that the scarf Ms. Ray wore during a DD’s ad:
looked too much like a keffiyeh, what Malkin describes as “the traditional scarf of Arab men that has come to symbolize murderous Palestinian jihad.
. And Dunkin Donuts said: ok we’ll pull the ad. Stupid move Dunkin Donuts.
Eva Longoria Gets Back to her Roots: Wendy’s
1:54 pm By Maegan La Mala · Celebrities|children|Food|society · Comments Off
28 May 2008
If there’s one thing I’ve always loved about Eva Longoria is the fact that fame hasn’t gone to her head. In interviews, she seems to still be the same humble San Antonio girl she has always been. Further proof of that is that she’s gone back to work at her former job: flipping burgers at Wendy’s:
Longoria Parker worked at Wendy’s from 1991 to 1994, the Corpus Christi Caller-Times reported in its online edition.While the current star of Wisteria Lane dished up fast food, her husband, Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs, was preparing for Game 4 of the Lakers-Spurs matchup in San Antonio.
OK, it was for charity — benefitting Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption the Wendy’s Wonderful Kids program — but cool nonetheless.
Via / Yahoo! News
Image AP/Yahoo! News
Massive Inflation Changes the Mexican Diet
11:18 am By Maegan La Mala · Food|Lifestyle|mexico|Money|society · Comments Off
20 May 2008
The massive price increases that have been affecting Mexico since last year are changing the way some Mexicans — particularly those in the capital city — eat. La Jornada reports that inflation is up 60% on staple products, forcing many to have to change their diet for the worse.
The rise in prices is affecting at least 2 million people in Mexico City who barely scrape by economically, and forcing them to give up meat, chicken and fish, replacing them with tortillas and bread because half of their income is spent on food. It just isn’t enough to afford these items.
The Mexican Secretary of Development is worried that this will eventually take its toll on health, especially that of children, and expects to see a decline in school performance, as well as failing health in the elderly.
And the situation isn’t getting better. Just when you think you can turn to bread as a cheap food option, La Jornada reports that wheat flower has gone up 100%. Other staples like rice have increased in price by 80%.
Via / La Jornada
Image via Rageforst on Flickr
Enrique Iglesias Wants to Share His Leche
10:36 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities|Food|Marketing · Comments Off
6 Mar 2008
Never mind that up to 80 percent of Latinos are lactose intolerant, Enrique Iglesias wants you to to drink leche. He’s the new poster boy for the Body By Milk campaign. Other Latino milk spokesbodies have included Sara Ramirez and Sofia Vergara.
Via / Mi Blog es Tu Blog
Chavez Vs. Food and Farmers
11:28 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia|Food|Politics|Venezuela · Comments Off
21 Jan 2008
With the focus off Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his role in the liberation of two FARC hostages, attention is drawn back internally and to reports of food shortages. The shortages on staples such as milk,bread,eggs and meat are being linked to government controls on prices. These controls are set to insure that all residents can afford these staples. However, some farmers are choosing to sell their wares outside of Venezuela, where they can get higher prices. This has caused one of the scariest words (at least in the US) to be thrown around : nationalization.
Marketing Sigh : Can We Please Get a New Adjective for Latinos?
11:36 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Food|Marketing|Media · Comments Off
15 Jan 2008
Ay I get it already! Latinos are hot. Not just because we have money that marketers and companies want but because damn we’re caliente! Like a chile pepper. Like Salsa. Like spicy soda Dr. Pepper.
The Dr Pepper Sabrosura Art Contest entries have been narrowed down to the top 23 semi-finalists. Starting today, online voting at http://www.drpeppersabrosura.com, will determine five finalists and the grand prize winner. That one “spicy” artist will receive almost $10,000 in cash and have the opportunity to display his or her artwork on Dr Pepper packaging and promotional materials. Through the Sabrosura Art Contest, which began in October 2007, Dr Pepper encourages Latinos to express their individuality and their zest for life – characteristics that have been a cornerstone of the Dr Pepper brand for more than 30 years.
Via / CNN Money
Image Via / Red Tape
An Authentic Venezuelan Christmas
7:00 am By Maegan La Mala · Culture|Food|Venezuela · Comments Off
25 Dec 2007I’ve said before that one of the most memorable Christmases I ever spent was in Venezuela, a country that takes the season very seriously. In some places, like Zulia state, the Christmas season begins in November and continues well into the February. And like other Latin American countries, Venezuela has its traditional Christmas eats, and it wouldn’t be Christmas in Venezuela if there weren’t pan de jamón and hallacas. If you’re interested in making your Navidad authentic Venezuelan, check out these videos.
Pan de jamón
Fresh Direct Gets Fresh with its Immigrant Workforce
11:20 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia|Food|Immigration|Labor|New York City · 1 Comment
21 Dec 2007
Fresh Direct doesn’t have a great relationship with POC communities to begin with. The company that offers NYC buyers the chance to order produce, groceries, and prepared food online and have it all delivered to their door, won’t deliver to most POC ‘hoods. But ever since the company, based in Queens, began it had relied on a largely undocumented Latino labor force. These workers, mostly relegated to working the graveyard shift in a freezing cold warehouse, are barely paid minimum wage and receive no benefits. Those hundreds of workers now are preparing not for the holiday season but to be without jobs ever since the company announced that all employees needed to prove that they were legal residents thanks to an impending Immigration and Customs Enforcement (‘ICE’) at the Department of Homeland Security official review.
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