VivirLatino

To the horror of some of my friends, I am a Food Network addict. So, it comes as no surprise to them that I am also addicted to their Survivor-like reality show which pits would-be chefs against each other for a spot as the newest Rachael Ray protégé.

The show, as nail-bitingly entertaining as it is insufferable (like all reality TV) is comprised of a variopinto line-up of contestants. Okay, so maybe not so varied: you basically got one black guy and one Latina — a Puerto Rican named Evette — and bunch of white people. Oh, and an Asian girl, but they told her buh-bye in the very first round.

So once upon a time there was an aspiring TV chef named Evette, a Rican working mother from Florida, vying for a place for her traditional “Latino” cooking style among a more mainstream contestants.

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