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Posted on: July 9th, 2007
Filed Under: [ Business ] [ Food ] [ Hispanic News ] [ Tomás' Picks ] [ Mississippi ]
Tags: Cuisine, latin america, recipe
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“Business is good for Christian Cruz.
All day long, customers come into his Pass Road grocery in Gulfport to pick up the flavors of home. A long rack of red and brown dried peppers sits across from Mexican chocolate drinks and jars of nopalitos, tender prickly pear cactus pads added to salads, soups and other recipes.
The owner of Latino market Costa Latina said his business skyrocketed after Katrina by up to 500 percent with the influx of Latin American workers. That spasm in demand spurred the establishment of nine or 10 other Latin groceries.”
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