Eye Openers + Food Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 16, 2009
Hispanic were more than twice as likely as whites to report that food in their home was scarce – Government report
October 29, 2009
As scientists race the clock to increase food production worldwide, new trials to plant genetically-modified maize have stoked anger in Mexico, the cradle of corn.
September 21, 2009
The Caesar restaurant in the Mexican city of Tijuana, which is considered to be the birthplace of the famous Caesar salad, closed its doors this week because of the recession
September 14, 2009
Argentine Cattle No Longer Just Home On The Range – ever so quietly, Argentina is increasingly fattening its herd in American-style feedlots.
September 8, 2009
Peru: 370 potato varieties catalogued in 7 Huanuco provinces
August 24, 2009
Peruvian food has worldwide sales of US $1.5 billion, says Gastón Acurio
August 18, 2009
Eva Longoria’s restaurant takes off – boutique Beso branches coming to airports across America
August 10, 2009
A racehorse valued at $100,000 was stolen earlier this week by several assailants who killed it to sell its meat by the kilo at a market south of Lima.
Selling tamales on the streets of Los Angeles is a dangerous game of hide-and-seek. Tamale vendors, or “Tamaleros,” have to avoid obstacles like gangs, traffic, police and health inspectors to make only about $30 a day.
July 14, 2009
Dallas restaurateur now flips burguesas – Burguesa Burger – prototype is a 388-square-foot bright orange drive-through hut that makes a large storage unit look spacious.
July 13, 2009
6.5 Million US Latinos Hungry – Hispanics are disproportionately affected with 19.5 % of Latino households reporting food insecurity, well above the national average of 10.9%
June 23, 2009
Why Corona is garnished with a lime
June 11, 2009
Venezuela bans Coke Zero, cites “danger to health”
March 24, 2009
McDonald’s Tests Big Mac in a Tortilla – Fast-Food Giant Rolls Out Snack Wrap Mac in Markets Including Houston, Wisconsin
March 16, 2009
Peru beer made from coca leaf to be exported to China
February 20, 2009
Politics of the Plate: The Price of Tomatoes -If you have eaten a tomato this winter, chances are very good that it was picked by a person (a Latino) who lives in virtual slavery.
January 21, 2009
Tequila gives Mexico an environmental hangover
December 18, 2008
Peru’s cash-strapped Christmas treat: guinea pig
December 12, 2008
More than 70 vendors sold thousands of tamales during the two-day Indio International Tamale Festival last weekend. Organizers say at least 110,000 people attended.
December 6, 2008
Carlos Mencia to open New Orleans restaurant – Suavé Latino Bar & Grill
October 21, 2008
Puerto Rico es el único país del mundo que no produce su principal plato de comida -arroz y habichuelas- lo que abona a la aguda crisis económica por la que atraviesa la Isla
October 17, 2008
Crackdown on illegal immigration boosts food prices
September 22, 2008
¡Delicioso! Latino cuisine shines at Yankee Stadium
August 20, 2008
Federal inspectors at U.S. border crossings repeatedly turned back filthy, disease-ridden shipments of peppers from Mexico in the months before a salmonella outbreak that sickened 1,400 people was finally traced to Mexican chilies.
August 1, 2008
Serrano peppers at a farm in Mexico were found to be contaminated with the same strain of Salmonella that has sickened more than 1,300 people across the USA, the Food and Drug Administration says
July 24, 2008
Hunger is S. Florida’s dirty little secret
July 15, 2008
Nutrition Education Among Latinos Affected By Peers
June 9, 2008
Tuberculosis (TB) outbreak traced to imported Mexican cheese – Southern California
May 12, 2008
Pollo Campero opens franchise in US Wal-Mart store
April 28, 2008
“Transgenic Seed Companies Lie and Bribe:” Interview with Goldman Prize Winner Jesús León Santos
March 31, 2008
United Farm Workers launch Black Eagle Wines™
March 6, 2008
The growing presence of international and national coffee shop chains, is starting to change Latin America’s coffee consumption.
February 18, 2008
Mexican Bottler Grows As Coke Enjoys Latin American Popularity
February 5, 2008
California produce on Cuban tables?
January 8, 2008
San Antonio company recalls another Mexican candy – Miguelito Azucar Salada Enchilada Acidulada
January 2, 2008
PepsiCo Game Teaches Mexican Kids About Nutrition
December 4, 2007
Candy imported from Mexico recalled due to lead – Texas
November 28, 2007
Salt Lake’s taco-cart rules unfair? – Hispanic group sees signs of discrimination
November 13, 2007
Chocolate invented 3,100 years ago by the Aztecs – but they were trying to make beer
