Sponsored by Shutterfly Food, family, and holidays are inextricable. You can’t think about Thanksgiving without smelling the giant pot of mole chicken your mom and sisters make together every year,…
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In the spirit of this month’s theme of paying it forward, we thought we’d pay it forward to you (and to a wonderful new little bar in downtown Joliet, IL…
Hip Latina Holiday Wine Guide As part of our focus on wine, we will continue to help guide you in selecting tasty, affordable wines for this Holiday season. We always…
One of my favorite dishes growing up was chili con carne. When my mom started making this at home I was going through a few years of eating meat (a…
We recently connected with our friends at Beach Whiskey ahead of their official brand launch to learn about the people, the story behind the brand, and drink mixes we might…
In 2014, Latinos became the largest ethnic group in the states of California and New Mexico, overtaking non-Hispanic whites. Approximately two-thirds of U.S. Hispanics were born in this country but…
Strange as this may sound, one of the things I remember the most about my two years in Barcelona is a campaign alerting the population about the risks of liver…
El pasado viernes pude visitar el restaurante CasaBlanca Neighborhood Grill, en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, a la hora del almuerzo. Este restaurante brinda una grata experiencia culinaria, sirviendo platillos al nuevo…
As a little girl growing up in Taos, New Mexico, cookbook memoir author Anita Rodríguez was mocked as a “coyota, coyota, coyota”—a half-Spanish, half-Anglo child in a town where the two cultures…
Chef Susie Jimenez recently returned to wine country for a unique winemaker dinner hosted by HipLatina and Hendry Winery. We gathered at Ramekins Culinary School and Inn located in Sonoma, where…
A healthy diet equals a healthy heart. Did you know that heart disease and Type 2 diabetes are closely related? A recent national study on Latino health (by the National…
We have been spending more time at the beach lately and want to share our great drink recipes and a new tasty whiskey that is coconut flavored. Stay tuned for…
Growing into wine appreciation can wake us up to many sensory details we would otherwise miss. You may, for example, start enjoying the aromas you smell in a wine glass…
This month we are focusing on giving all kinds of money saving and budgeting advice here at HipLatina, which gave me the idea for this post. I thought, what’s cheaper…
Did you ever stop to think about the complex aromas and flavors in your glass of wine? How did the aroma of ripe strawberries get in there? Was essence of…