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Earlier I reported that the Food Network was spicing thing up with Ingrid Hoffman and Simply Delicioso. Well, it seems that everyone is jumping on the Latin cooking bandwagon as Rachel Ray will be featuring a Spanish food column titled “Mucho
Gusto” in her monthly “Everyday with Rachel Ray” magazine. The column is allegedly written by good friend Daisy Martinez (pictured here).
It seems that Rachel is paying it forward considering that Oprah gave her the first big break. Will we be hearing more from Daisy Martinez.
This month…Spanish Picadillo. Woo hoo.
- Miamiadguy

I am very sad to find out that this amazing lady has passed of cancer. I had the pleasure of being hired, and work with this legend and for that I am thankful. I will never forget when she turned to me and asked me my zodiac sign. I cautiously answered “Aquarius”…and she quickly replied “your hired”. I never stopped to ask what the wrong answer was, but my career took off after that and I will always be thankful to Tere and the rest of the Zubi’s who took a chance on me.
Thanks Mama Zubi.
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On June 10th, NYC celebrated the much famed (remember that Seinfeld episode) National Puerto Rican Day Parade. Here’s some great video I found on youtube. Although I stand to give Latinos a bad name for helping popularize this content, I just couldn’t help the pop culture appeal this has. It’s funny and explores the creativity that the Newyoricans experience come parade day.
What I found the most intriguing was the fact that even Old Navy has gotten “local” and supports the event by selling PR flagged t-shirts much like the ones they made famous for July 4th. That’s a statement or is that left over inventory from the island?
It speaks for itself. Viva Puerto Rico! However, this parade is considered the most destructive the city sees. Is that a shocker?
We’ve come far from West Side Story. Or have we?
- Miamiadguy
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I am reviewing this spot because, I have to admit, it is one of the most insightful and relevant TV spots I have ever seen.
Nike is NOT exactly known as one of the top marketers in the Hispanic market. However, the way they have embraced diversity really should serve as a case study to many corporations who have been doing it for a while.
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Personally, I am a HUGE Food Network junkie. And although Latinos have been represented on the network by Venezuelan-born Ham on the Street host George Duran, the themes have never really been Latino focused. Aside from the occasional “taco dinner night” by Paula Deen or a “paella with a twist” by Giada De Laurentiis, there has never been any real “home cooked” Hispanic meals. Until Colombian-born and Miami-transplant Ingrid Hoffman was signed on. They recently showcased her at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival in February; which has become a huge and pricey celeb-fest here in Miami. It’s amazing to see how many shows they shot here that week.
Her new show “Simply Delicioso,” will be airing Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. beginning July 14, Hoffman will take her place as the network’s first Latina host. She comes to the Food Network from a cable show Delicioso on Galavision and segments on Univision’s Despierta America. There are many Spanish-language stars who have tried to cross over to English but have not always successfully. But media experts think Hoffmann, 42, has a shot. For starters, food is common ground for all cultures. Now that’s very insightful…NOT!
According to Bob Tuschman, the Food Network’s senior vice-president for programming and production, Hoffmann’s success in Spanish underscores her appeal. He said the network was impressed by her take on Latin food. “Ingrid has a sparkling personality, a breezy way of making cooking approachable and a passion to take classics and give them a Latin twist,” he wrote in an e-mail.
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After having the chance to watch the entire broadcast from Cuba, I believe they tried to do too much in such little time. With a little over 1 hour of true Cuban content, we were left wanting more. I sure hope that they are taping other segments for other shows while they were there, if not, the trip and all that effort were in vain. Afterall, it takes months and even years to get that kind of access approved by the government.
I believe that although NBC played the role of unbiased media outlet, that the coverage was very vanilla and really didn’t get at anything important. I believe the reporting was a 30,000 mile perspective of what life in Cuba is about. It did not deal with anything difficult…or easy for that matter.
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No, not on a raft under the Biscayne Bay Bridge. These Cubans are rich and coming
to CBS’s Prime Time in a new show called Cane. A drama about a well-to-do Cuban-American family torn by “male tension” as its sugar and rum businesses are passed down to the next generation, is part of the new fall schedule presented at the upfront in NYC last week.
With Miami as its backdrop, the show has a star-studded Latino cast — including Jimmy Smits, Rita Moreno, Hector Elizondo, Nestor Carbonell and Miami local Paola Turbay — and executive producer Jonathan Prince says that the script will be as exceptional.
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