Melodiaʼs father, Raul Mendoza, was a musician, a very good musician. He was a self- taught Latin percussionist who specialized in Latin Jazz, Salsa and Latin Ballroom. He played beautiful rumba, mambo, samba, cha-cha and bossa nova, and this is what first attracted me to him. Eventually we married and had our daughter, Melodia. Raul […]
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CALDO DE PATA
CALDO DE PATA Dedicated to my daughter Melodia who always oversaw the lunch preparation in our house in Ecuador. Though she was too young to cook, she wasnʼt too young to take it all in. WHOLE FOODS Manufactured, processed, prepared packaged foods. Ugh! Farm fresh, pastured, organic, non-GMO, hormone free, pesticide free, garden grown, foraged […]