ritual foods

Interview Description José "Joe "Aguilar (24) and his sister Beatriz Aguilar (17) talk about growing in in racially tense South Central Los Angeles. Facilitator Subject Log 01:30 José and his parents moved to South Central Los Angeles from Hollywood when he was seven. He talks about experiencing the LA Riots of 1992. 06:50 José talks about being a minority in his high school. He talks about being called a "White Boy "because he spoke English fluently....

Interview Description José "Joe" Barrera (63) talks with son Juan Barrera about his childhood and his identity as a Chicano. Facilitator Subject Log 02:00 José talks about being from the Southeast portion of Texas, specifically a town called Mercedes, TX near Brownsville, TX. He talks about his earliest memory there. 04:49 José talks about the day Juan was born. He remembers Juan being born at home with a midwife and describes the scene....

Interview Description Jane P Blea (76) talks with daughter Grace Blea-Nunez (47) about growing up in Villanueva, NM (a town her grandparents founded), meeting her husband and raising her family in Colorado. Facilitator Subject Log 02:20 Jane was born and raised in Villanueva, NM. The village was founded by her grandparents who were Gallegos from Spain. They founded the town, which was originally named "Cuesta ", but was then changed to Villanueva....

Interview Description Alberto Campain (61) and wife Marlen Campain (61) talk with their daughter Pamela Wright (31) about being Latinos in the United States. Facilitator Subject Log 02:00 Alberto talks about the cultural differences he experienced when first arriving to the United States. 05:20 Marlen talks about going to Belmont High School in Los Angeles, Ca and being a Latina. 08:20 Alberto talks about going to the Grand Central Market...

Interview Description Lourdes Campos (50) and friend John Rivera Sedlar (55) talk about Latino/Hispanic food trends. Facilitator Subject Log 03:20 John talks about how he got started with food and how his interests began. 07:20 John talks about arriving in Los Angeles from Santa Fe, NM during the bicentennial anniversary of America. 10:15 John talks about the different tamales his company introduced and also the evolution of tamales....

Interview Description Janet Carballo (27) y su amiga Martha Fazzoni (43) hablan de sus vidas en los E.E.U.U. [Janet Carballo (27) and friend Martha Fazzoni (43) talks about their lives in the United States.] Facilitator Subject Log 01:00 Janet nacio en Estado de Mexico, pero se mudo a la frontera - Tamaulipas - cuando tenia 10 años. Tiene un año en los Estados Unidos. 02:40 Martha nacio en Montevideo, Uruguay y se mudo a los Estados Unidos hace siete...

Interview Description Connie Carisalez reminisces with her sister Claudie Carisalez Morland about their great grandparents and their grandparents. Facilitator Subject Log 3:25 Claudia remembers her great grandparents' funerals; they died a week apart from each other 10:13 memories of their great grandmother's tortillas; grandma Carisalez had a temper; divorced; the Christmas she passed away 18:00 description of grandmother Lopez; she...

Interview Description Adolph Carranza Jr. (64) talks with friend Eleanor Tschaepe (73) about growing up in Santa Ana, CA, his different jobs and how he wants to be remembered. Facilitator Subject Log 01:20 Adolph talks about growing up in Santa Ana. He was raised by his "mama "Dolores Luqin Caballero Carranza. He talks about growing up in th e "barrio. " 08:00 Adolph talks about working on fields when he was 4-years-old and earning women's wages for...

Interview Description Rogelio Castano habla con su cuidadora Ana Waldo acerca de su ninez, sus padres, sus abuelos/as, sus esposas y sus actividades favoritas. Ademas, hablan de politica local. Facilitator Subject Log 2:40 Rogelio habla de valores de familia tipica mexicana - respeto a mayores. 5:50 Rogelio habla de sus orgullos y se describe a si mismo. 13:50 Ana comparte las lecciones que le ha dejado la vida. 16:15 Rogelio...

Interview Description Lizbeth Colocho (9) and Kierra Palmer (9) read their short stories about their favorite holiday foods to their instructor Gracie Cavnar (57) Facilitator Subject Log 00:30 Lizbeth reads her stories about her family's tamale making tradition. 03:40 Lizbeth talks about the chef she works with at Recipes for Success. 07:30 Kierra reads her story about Thanksgiving Crawfish Dressing. 10:17 Kierra talks about...