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Marion’s Favorites: Pineapple

My daughter, Norah, used to ask me on a semi-regular basis what is my favorite fruit? I would tell her pineapple every time she asked.  I don't know if she wanted to me to give a different answer.  Or she wanted me to reconfirm my love for this wonderful, delicious...

Marion’s Favorites: Collard Greens

"Boy, you better eat those greens! In this house...if I cook it, then you will eat it." I remembered my mother telling me those words when I was either eight or nine years old. It was first time I came across collard greens and it was one of the few vegetables that...

Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 42: Face of an Angel by Denise Chavez

Rereading a novel can bring different expectations from when you first read it over twenty-five years ago.  This is the case with Face of An Angel by Denise Chavez. Face of an Angel tells the story of Soveida Dosamantes, a waitress at El Farol Restaurant in the...

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