A Taste of Latino Cultures: Un Toque de Sabor Latino: A Bilingual, Educational Cookbook: Un Libro de Cocina Bilinge y Educativo

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This book presents a bilingual introduction to five Spanish-speaking countries and one commonwealth: Mexico, Cuba, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and Puerto Rico. Each chapter combines simple, tantalizing recipes with general and cultural information, suggestions for additional learning opportunities, vocabulary, a short fiction reading list, and Internet resources. The Latino population is the fast-growing minority in this country, and educational resources for and about Hispanics remain scarce. The purpose of this bilingual work is two-fold: to introduce young Americans to diverse Latino cultures and to build cultural awareness among Hispanic students. It is also hoped that the material will help bridge the generations in Hispanic familiesbetween older family members with limited English, and younger members with limited Spanish. Focusing on countries with significant immigration populations in the United States, this book offers educators and librarians tools to explore the cultures of Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and Colombiawith geographical and statistical information, history, recipes, resources, learning extensions, and sources for further information. Chapters present background information about the countries, including images of the flags, maps, and coats of arms, followed by simple recipes that can be prepared by young people. Recipes feature ingredients and agricultural products of the countries with brief descriptions and illustrations. A list of learning opportunities and a more detailed learning launch helps educators extend learning throughout the curriculum. Brief English-Spanish vocabulary lists are also included. Resources for further learning direct users to pertinent Web sites and print materials. The book concludes with a glossary of cooking terms and techniques, utensils, and ingredients and a general bibliography. Grades 4-8.

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"This informative bilingual book familarizes both non-Hispanic students and those of other Latino heritage with the cultural basics of five Latin American countries--Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which were included because of their substantial immigrant population in the United States. The author uses his considerable expertise with Latin American cultures along with his lifelong avocation of cooking to make this cookbook also an introduction to familiar countries....Quality basic cultural information is assembled in one easy, bilingual text, which may be used as a classroom resource, research or assignment tool for teachers and librarians, or simply as a helpful instrument to inform students of other cultural backgrounds."-VOYA
Kunzel's book provides a good foundation for a background study of the Latin countries of North America and South America....Its value to the teacher-librarian is that an expert has assembled the basic cultural information along with a list of research topics....Recommended.-Teacher Librarian
This informative bilingual book familarizes both non-Hispanic students and those of other Latino heritage with the cultural basics of five Latin American countries--Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which were included because of their substantial immigrant population in the United States. The author uses his considerable expertise with Latin American cultures along with his lifelong avocation of cooking to make this cookbook also an introduction to familiar countries....Quality basic cultural information is assembled in one easy, bilingual text, which may be used as a classroom resource, research or assignment tool for teachers and librarians, or simply as a helpful instrument to inform students of other cultural backgrounds.-VOYA
"Kunzel's book provides a good foundation for a background study of the Latin countries of North America and South America....Its value to the teacher-librarian is that an expert has assembled the basic cultural information along with a list of research topics....Recommended."-Teacher Librarian

Author Bio

George Kunzel grew up in Colombia and has lived in the United States since he was 17. His interests in food and cooking date back to graduate school days, where he was introduced to serious cooking by a fellow student. Although he spent many years working in the telecommunications industry and is currently a project management consultant, his avocations remain cooking and gardening. He has traveled to all of the countries included in the book except Cuba.