familia Archives - Life Bites https://www.biteslife.com/tag/familia/ Recipes and culture Sun, 20 Aug 2017 19:48:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.biteslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-logo_479162_print2_1_615x512-32x32.png familia Archives - Life Bites https://www.biteslife.com/tag/familia/ 32 32 47065050 Pondering death, spirit and the wrath of God https://www.biteslife.com/pondering-death-spirit-and-the-wrath-of-god/ https://www.biteslife.com/pondering-death-spirit-and-the-wrath-of-god/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:03:11 +0000 http://tuttysan.wordpress.com/?p=1783 Happy New Year everyone! Mine is off to a shaky start. After spending quality time with family and enjoying the mountains and beaches of my Caribbean homeland, I’m back to the cold reality of winters in the heartland… pondering death and new beginnings. A close family member died unexpectedly the day I came back. My […]

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]]> https://www.biteslife.com/pondering-death-spirit-and-the-wrath-of-god/feed/ 4 1783 Of cold dinners: A mother’s work never ends https://www.biteslife.com/a-mothers-work-never-ends-cold-dinner/ https://www.biteslife.com/a-mothers-work-never-ends-cold-dinner/#respond Mon, 11 May 2009 02:53:11 +0000 http://tuttysan.wordpress.com/?p=556 When my mother came to care for me after labor, she wouldn't stop giving unsolicited motherly advice. She made sure to tell me what her mother told her, that...

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]]> https://www.biteslife.com/a-mothers-work-never-ends-cold-dinner/feed/ 0 556 Recién nacidos: rituales y supersticiones https://www.biteslife.com/recien-nacidos-rituales-y-supersticiones/ https://www.biteslife.com/recien-nacidos-rituales-y-supersticiones/#comments Sat, 02 Jun 2007 03:39:10 +0000 http://tuttysan.wordpress.com/2007/06/01/recien-nacidos-rituales-y-supersticiones/ Una de mis primas acaba de tener gemelas idénticas. Dos perlitas dulcísimas (que Dios se las bendiga!). Hoy las fui a visitar y antes de ir ya me estaban advirtiendo: si tengo la menstruación no puedo cargarlas si he cogido sereno tampoco si les tiro un piropo debo decir “Que Dios las bendiga” o les […]

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]]> https://www.biteslife.com/recien-nacidos-rituales-y-supersticiones/feed/ 19 161 La Marchanta https://www.biteslife.com/la-marchanta/ https://www.biteslife.com/la-marchanta/#comments Sun, 20 May 2007 03:38:03 +0000 http://tuttysan.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/la-marchanta/ Every week, she shows up at my mother’s kitchen door with a big bag of Casabe and a wide smile. A flat, mildly tasty and rare bread, Cassava bread is one of the few truly authentic meals Dominicans inherited from our long extinguished native ancestors, the Taino Indians. Dulce, who is as sweet as her […]

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]]> https://www.biteslife.com/la-marchanta/feed/ 2 145 Besos, ternura… AY MI MADRE! https://www.biteslife.com/besos-ternura-ay-mi-madre/ https://www.biteslife.com/besos-ternura-ay-mi-madre/#respond Wed, 07 Feb 2007 06:11:01 +0000 http://tuttysan.wordpress.com/2007/02/06/besos-ternura-ay-mi-madre/ . Pareciamos dos irracionales que se iban a morir manana.

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