She keeps mama in Mamita’s. Princeton & Central New Jersey

“A love for her mother’s home-cooked Latin American dishes, two college degrees in marketing and food science, and years of working in the restaurant business just might add up to a recipe for success for 32-year-old Marina Jusino.

After moving to New Jersey from Peru with her family in 1989, Ms. Jusino, of East Windsor, wanted to bring the authentic taste of Latin cuisine with her and make it easier for both Latin and American cultures to taste it as well.

With the help of her brother, Fernando, her husband, Scott Pangborn, and her mother, or “mamita” meaning mommy in Spanish, she was able to launch Mercado Las Americas, or Market of the Americas, a Latin American gourmet food company featuring a line of baked goods called Mamita’s Gourmet.”

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