Salsa

dancers

New York’s Roper Records provided the soundtrack for generations of dancers across the globe

Arts, Culture & Media

During its nearly half-century run, Roper Records released hundreds of high-quality records, cassettes and CDs, which it distributed via mail order to dance professionals in the US and internationally.

Celia Cruz, 1957.

Celia & Johnny: They invented salsa

The World

Healthy cooking from the convenience store or drug store

Arts, Culture & Media
Chef Barbara Sibley of La Palapa Cocina Mexicana in New York

If you like enchiladas con mole, give thanks to Mexico’s convent kitchens

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Finding healthy foods in a food desert

Health & Medicine

Tracking your food

One solution for ensuring food safety: A website that allows you to track food items from the farm to the grocery store.

The World

Eggs In Short Supply, Prices Rising

There’s a national shortage of eggs in the country that’s the world’s biggest consumer of eggs. It’s causing prices to rise, and chefs are having to get creative says Patricia Jinich, host of the popular cooking program Pati’s Mexican Table.