End of the Year Traditions

There are a lot of ways to celebrate the end of the year! Check out the infographic below to learn a bit about some Latin American celebrations.

Also, Kristen does a fabulous job of describing a couple of traditions. 

Hot Tamale Activities - Complete one or more of these activities as an advanced/Hot Tamale blog post. Title your post the title of this blog post.

• Translate some information from the infographic above and find images online of the celebrations to include in your blog post.
• Find end of the year (or new-years celebrations) traditions not mentioned and explain them in your blog post.
• What are your end-of-the-year traditions? What do you do to ring in the new year? What was/is your resolution? How is it going?

Map Your Favorite Recipie

Here is where ingredients of deviled eggs come from.

MapYourRecipe is a neat website that will tell you where the ingredients of your favorite food comes from.

Hot Tamale Activities - Complete one or more of these activities as a advanced/Hot Tamale blog post. Title your post the title of this blog post.

• Think of your favorite dish - find the ingredients on allrecipes.com and copy them. Paste the ingredients in the box on the left side of MapYourRecipe and see where different ingredients come from. Include the screen shot in your blog post and a brief description of what you learned about ingredients of a delicious dish!
• It's not really helpful, accurate or interesting for foods like hamburger, hot dog, meatballs, or macaroni and cheese. You may need to copy and paste a few dishes before one becomes "screen-shot-worthy."

Great Travel Videos

When I found the links on the post about Mexican cuisine, I came across this great Vimeo channel, The Perennial Plate. This channel is fantastic at showcasing the value of traveling!

Travel Is from The Perennial Plate on Vimeo.

Check out this video about food from Spain.
(It makes me miss jamon serrano and pulpo a la galega soooo bad.)

A Spanish Roadtrip from The Perennial Plate on Vimeo.

Hot Tamale Activities - Complete one or more of these activities as a advanced/Hot Tamale blog post. Title your post the title of this blog post.

• Respond to one or both of these videos - what stands out to you? Does it inspire/scare you? Explain your answer.
• For the "A Spanish Roadtrip" video take a screenshot of the food that looks that tastiest and of the food that looks the least tastiest. Include both images in your blog post along with the video. Explain why you feel the way you do.
• Find another video on The Perennial Plate channel that you enjoy. Embed it in your blog post and explain what you like about it.

Comida Infographic

Hot Tamale Activities - Complete one or more of these activities as a advanced/Hot Tamale blog post. Title your post the title of this blog post.

• Which fruta y vegetal is in season in your birthday month?
• Explain other information that this infographic tells you.
• Take your preferences from the categorize comida activity and use them to create your own infographic (using one of these websites).

Learning About the World Through Photos

Photography is one of my hobbies, and I love taking photos of my travels. (Click here to see photos of my recent trip to Spain or here for photos from my previous international adventures.

Recently I have come across some amazing photo series about life in different parts of the world that taught me a lot.

Here is a series of photos taken of a couple who are living out of a truck in Mexico.

Here is a series of photos taken of a circus school in Cuba.

Here is a series of photos that show how much different items would cost in Venezuela right now.

Here is a series of photos that show people at their jobs around the world.

Hot Tamale Activities - Complete one or more of these activities as a advanced/Hot Tamale blog post. Title your post the title of this blog post.

• Which series of photos did you like the most and why?
• Select a series of photos and link to the website on your blog post and describe the series. What did you learn about the country that these photos were taken? What surprised you the most about what you see in the photos? What questions are raised based on the photos?
• Find another set of photos of a Hispanic place and include a link to the website and give an overview of what the photos series is about. Why did you select these photos?