Latino Culture Lives At Sofrito For Your Soul

Daily Dose of Sofrito: Inside Look At Nickelodeon's El Tigre.

Mi Gente...

Enjoy an inside look of "El Tigre" with Sandra Equihua and Jorge Gutierrez, the talented animation team behind this Nickelodeon hit!

Buen provecho...

The Urban Jibaro

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For more information about El Tigre...visit Nick.com

Daily Dose Of Sofrito: Bill Santiago on American Latino TV

I was browsing YOUTUBE today looking for American Latino TV clips, since I can never remember to program my DVR to record it. I found a clip profiling a very funny comedian from NYC that happens to be Boricua too...

Check out the American Latino TV profile on Bill Santiago.

Buen provecho...

The Urban Jibaro

PS...a big warm saludo goes out to Margarita Cheng from AIM TV Group

  For more information about Bill Santiago, click here!

Nuestra Arte: The Sofrito For Your Soul painting by Maria Sanchez

Sofrito For Your Soul is blessed with a talented artist who inspired by our vision, was able to encompass all that we have become over the years into a beautiful painting. The Sofrito For Your Soul piece is alive..it screams culture through symbols that we all know and may have some deep cultural connections to. The Sofrito For Your Soul painting recipe includes:

Taino indian symbols (how many can you find?)
Aztec head figure with feather head dress
Mexican eagle with snake
A sandia/watermelon (couldn't leave that out)
A pina (pineapple)
Some platanos (fruit from the tropics)
Vejigante masks of Puerto Rico
cross
guitar and maracas (music)
soccer ball (sports)
flowers
sun and the moon,
night and day
winding vines to carry you through the painting
symbolic of earth, life, growth
melting pot on top mexican kitchen stove setting w/tile inlays
a cebolla/onion ...a major ingredient of true sofrito
last but not least sofrito for your soul banner.

From the bottom of my heart....I thank Maria A. Sanchez of Sandiafria.com for bringing my dreams to life in this painting.

Visit our CAFEPRESS BODEGA to buy your print today! 

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La Voz Poetry: Chilo

Mi Gente...

I wanted to share this powerful piece from a poet I have had the pleasure of featuring on Capicu Poetry & Cultural Showcase. 

 The poet in the piece is a passionate young Boricua voice from the Nuyorican scene named Chilo. Chilo is member of a powerful force in the spoken word movement, El Grito De Poetas.

Chilo originally hails from Riverhead, Strong Island, New York. A Puerto Rican carpenter's son and licensed History teacher, he currently educates youth in the Bronx. Known for providing a diverse blend of hard work, knowledge, passion, and lyricism every time he steps upon the stage, he has written and performed Hip Hop music for well over a decade, initially developing his craft in the mid nineties with hip hop group, G.O.S. (Dashah, Dshaw, QPrecise). Since then he has rocked crowds in hundreds of well known venues and Universities all the way to your local corner ciphers and subways.