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Para Chuparse Los Dedos

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Arts & Culture

“Para Chuparse Los Dedos” (“Finger-licking Good”) Central American Recipes and Stories from the East Bay

September 30, 2020 Marabet Morales Sikahall 2

Cut off from our homelands as refugees not able to return, our food recipes are core to the Central American identity. […]

A white dish with half rice and half dark chocolate colored meat stew next to the rice.
Food

Pepian recipe from “Para Chuparse Los Dedos”

September 30, 2020 Marabet Morales Sikahall 0

Pepian, a meat stew recipe from Guatemala. Recipe by Vilma Morales-Garcia. from “Para Chuparse Los Dedos.” […]

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Food

Sopa de res, a Salvadoran soup recipe from “Para Chuparse Los Dedos”

September 30, 2020 Marabet Morales Sikahall 3

Read the article by Marabet Morales about the new Central American-focused cookbook and oral history project. SOPA DE RES Serves 6-8  Ingredients:  2-3 pounds of  beef bone (You can ask the meat butcher to cut […]

A leaf is open. What is inside? It looks like many ingredients that go inside a Nicaraguan tamale!
Food

Nacatamales, a Nicaraguan tamales recipe from “Para Chuparse Los Dedos”

September 30, 2020 Marabet Morales Sikahall 0

A Nicaraguan tamales recipe courtesy of “Para Chuparse Los Dedos.” […]

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