dominican sancocho

Dominican Sancocho (hearty stew) pressure cooker recipe

Set it and forget it! This is is the pressure cooker version of Dominican sancocho, a hearty meat and roots recipe to share with friends and family anytime the mood strikes. If you own a pressure cooker, there is no need to spend hours tending to a sancocho to achieve the flavor and thick broth we know and love. This is also a great recipe if you want to make a smaller sancocho for 4-6 people. For this recipe, I am only using two types of meat (chicken and beef). Less is more here since there is only so much…

The pot is really melting: how interracial families are changing the face of America

When I first came to the U.S. as a "cultural ambassador", my first class was Introduction to American Life. It taught me that "How are you?" actually means "hi" and that people asking may have no interest in hearing how I'm doing (a topic for a future post). I also learned that America was a "melting pot" in which people from different ethnicities, countries, and religions came together. This utopia sounded so beautiful, I struggled to understand why then the African American students at the dorm and the college cafeteria hung out by themselves, as did most everyone from their…