Seniors Claim the Culinary Spotlight
Two New Web Series Highlight Immigrant Elders’ Home Cooking
Category: Videos
Feet in 2 Worlds stories that include videos and audio slideshows.
Five Life Lessons from the Immigrant Table in Film
Moonstruck: Food soothes the angry beast In Moonstruck, Loretta (Cher) uses cappuccino and steak to make peace with her fiancé’s wild-eyed brother Ronny (played by Nicholas Cage) and convince him to come to her wedding. “We’ll make this one bloody,”…
More Than One Way to Crack a Coconut: Making Puerto Rican Tembleque
As part of her exploration of the Puerto Rican cookbook Cocina Criolla, Von Diaz takes on a simple dessert. But it’s not that easy without a machete.
Video: Here, I Am the Real Me
For Colombian musician Gregorio Uribe, leading his own big band in NYC is the realization of his American Dream. Watch Uribe in an original Fi2W story.
Video: Daughter of Deported Jordanian Immigrant Travels to Washington to Advocate for Reform
Magdolyn Kawas joined thousands of other demonstrators. Her message was about the importance of keeping families together.
Handmade Future: Four Hispanic Immigrant Women in NY Reinvent Themselves With Craft Businesses
From apple pie to crystal jewelry, a video profile of New York Latina craft entrepreneurs.
Slide Show: In Gentrified Williamsburg, Latino Community Fights to Maintain its Identity
The organization Los Sures is helping local residents deal with gentrification and preserve the area’s Hispanic heritage.
A Dominican Son Strives to Live the “American Dream” for His Family & Himself
A video portrait of Nelson Andujar, an Ivy League graduate and the son of Dominican immigrants. While his friends move away for work he feels bound to his family and the Bronx.
Tongue Tied: Some Dishes from Back Home Can Leave You Speechless
As part of her exploration of the Puerto Rican cookbook Cocina Criolla, Von Diaz takes on a daunting dish, stuffed beef tongue
Fear of Frying: A Puerto Rican Cook Confronts Her Culinary Legacy
The first installment as Von Diaz begins cooking her way through Cocina Criolla, the bible of Puerto Rican cooking