Get entertainted by the bartenders

Mangos is a club-restaurant located in the heart of Miami Beach where you can go for dinner and stay partying all night. Mangos has its unique style of entertainment; the bartenders dance a variety of choreographies on top of the bar counter to entertain their guests and pedestrians. It a spectacle that you can't miss-- the lights, the ambiance and the fun Latin rhythms.

Learn where to buy your Latin products

El bodegon is a Latin supermarket that brings to Coral Springs variety of products from Central America and South America. You can find from Rollo coco (coconut candy) from Mexico to Rojita(berry soda) from Nicaragua and Festival(all purpose cleaner) from Panama. Of course, El bodegon keep the style of carniceria (place where you get your steaks) Instead of having the steak ready on trays the steak, it is cut and weighted in front of you. Also, you can find magazines, newspapers from countries like Colombia. El bodegon serves as a community classifiers as well since it has a wall dedicated only to place ads such as place for rent, sell cars or English classes.

Peruvian dish to the table

Aji de Gallina (female chicken) is a plate originally from Peru and cooked since the Inca Times. It is served over white rice and baby yellow potatoes. Even though this recipe is made with chicken you can cook it with beef, tuna etc, it 's up to your imagination. Some people like it really spice so you can add more Peruvian chili, aji.

Ingredients:

2 pounds skinless, bone-in chicken breast halves

1 onion, coarsely chopped

2 carrots, chopped

2 cloves garlic

2 quarts water

1 loaf white bread, crusts removed and cubed

1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk

1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1/4 cup walnut pieces

1 teaspoon vegetable oil

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 onion, chopped

2 teaspoons aji amarillo chile paste

2 teaspoons ground turmeric

4 hard-cooked eggs, sliced

1/4 cup kalamata olives, pitted and quartered

Watch a variery of Latin musicians in Premios lo Nuestro

Premios lo nuestro is like a Grammy event for our Latin culture. Premios lo nuestro is celebrating its 20th anniversary on Feb. 21, and as part of the show artist such as:. Juanes, Aventura, Pepe Aguilar, Kumbia All Starz, Elvis Crespo, Grupo Manía, Enrique Iglesias, Los Súper Reyes, Jenni Rivera, Olga Tañón y Wisin y Yande are going to be performing on stage. This event is going to be broad casted on Univision channel at 8 p.m.

If you don’t know about salsa you don’t know anything about Latin Culture

Where the salsa is from is still a mystery some say Cuba or Puerto Rico, but the important thing is that Salsa is one of our most enjoyable beats to dance. Salsa is playing on the Caribbean, central America and south America, so of course every country gives to salsa its unique touch, for example: Grupo Niche – Colombia, El combo de Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico, Celia Cruz – Cuba .

Here it is a mini lesson of how to dance salsa, hopefully you will enjoy it as much as I do.


If you need to take an extra lesson you can go in Miami to http://www.miamisalsa.com/ and in Broward; some public schools offer this class go to http://www.browardeducator.com/

The Salsa gentleman

Gilberto Santa Rosa was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico where he started his career as a singer with Amarateus group in 1976. He is known as El caballero de la salsa (The salsa gentleman) and his unique style of soneo (improvisation) has given him his fame. Gilberto won in 1990 the Billboard Lo nuestro award for Best Male Singer. Santa Rosa is one of the best representatives of the salsa genre. Listen to one of his latest hits “Conteo Regresivo”, and you will know why he is one of the most talented Latin singers.

These are some of his most recent albums:

• Solo Bolero – 2003


• Viceversa – 2002


• Perdoname Exitos – 2002


• Romantico - 2001

Get ready to Dance a good Bachata

The bachata duo Monchy and Alexandra are performing this Feb. 13 in Café Iguana Pines located in Pembroke Pines, Fla. Monchy and Alexandra are Dominican singers; singing together since 1999. One of my favorites songs is “ La otra” go ahead and practice your bachata steps that I showed last week, and enjoy the concert. Tickets are available at Café Iguana and Ticket Master. Enjoy!

The Latin carnival that you can't miss

La calle ocho (SW 8th Street) is a Latin street Carnival every March; starting this year on March 6. This carnival gathers thousands of spectators and artists together to dance, eat and enjoy this largest annual party.

The carnival is divided in different sections to provide different activities to the guests:

• The open house from 27Th to 17th avenue, stages full of salsa, balladas y merengues


• New Salsa - Son Festival from 17th to 13th avenues; only salsa performances and dance contests.


• Reagetton Alley from north to south in 12th avenue; hip hop and new urban sounds.


• Parranda Zone from 11th avenue to 8th court; enjoy the street dancers


• KidzZone from 8th to 4th avenues; no beer or liquor. Place family oriented.

Impress your friends with this authentic Latin recipe

You want a get together with your friends, and show them your Latin culinary skills. Then empanadas are the perfect finger food for you and your friends. Empanadas are a crescent- shaped pastry with a filling, very popular in South America. Be as creative: Empanadas can be filled with any type of food-- shrimp, beef, fruits anything.

These are the ingredients that you need to make an Argentinean empanada:

Dough Wrapper
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1-2 tsp salt
1 cup cold butter, cut into small cubes, or 1 cup lard
2 eggs
2/3 cup cold water
2 tbs white vinegar

Argentine Meat Filling
1 lb ground beef, turkey, or chicken
4-6 hard boiled eggs
1 cup green olives (optional)
handful of raisins (optional)
1 or 2 large onions
3 cloves garlic
2-3 tbs ground cumin powder
1 tsp chili powder
2 tsp sugar
salt and pepper to taste