Poetry for Everyone! | Poesía para todos!
Jorge Tetl Argueta is a celebrated Salvadoran poet and writer whose bi-lingual children's books have received numerous awards. A native Salvadoran and Pipil Nahua Indian, Jorge spent much of his childhood in rural El Salvador. He feels that everybody is capable of writing, especially young children who are natural poets!
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Latest Book Release
Salsa: Un poema para cocinar / A Cooking Poem (Bilingual Cooking Poems) (Hardcover)
By Jorge Argueta
Illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh
In this new cooking poem, Jorge Argueta brings us a fun and easy recipe for a yummy salsa. A young boy and his sister gather the ingredients and grind them up in a molcajete, just like their ancestors used to do, singing and dancing all the while. The children imagine that their ingredients are different parts of an orchestra — the tomatoes are bongos and kettledrums, the onion, a maraca, the cloves of garlic, trumpets and the cilantro, the conductor. They chop and then grind these ingredients in the molcajete, along with red chili peppers for the “hotness” that is so delicious, finally adding a squeeze of lime and a sprinkle of salt. When they are finished, their mother warms tortillas and their father lays out plates, as the whole family, including the cat and dog, dance salsa in mouth-watering anticipation.
Illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh
In this new cooking poem, Jorge Argueta brings us a fun and easy recipe for a yummy salsa. A young boy and his sister gather the ingredients and grind them up in a molcajete, just like their ancestors used to do, singing and dancing all the while. The children imagine that their ingredients are different parts of an orchestra — the tomatoes are bongos and kettledrums, the onion, a maraca, the cloves of garlic, trumpets and the cilantro, the conductor. They chop and then grind these ingredients in the molcajete, along with red chili peppers for the “hotness” that is so delicious, finally adding a squeeze of lime and a sprinkle of salt. When they are finished, their mother warms tortillas and their father lays out plates, as the whole family, including the cat and dog, dance salsa in mouth-watering anticipation.
Experience the beauty of words with Jorge Argueta's Bilingual Poems!
A page out of Salsa: Un poema para cocinar / A Cooking Poem
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My mother tells me molcajetes were our ancestors' blenders Nahua, Aztec and Maya people used molcajetes to grind tomatos, chilies, achiote, corn and cocoa, too The round molcajetes is used with a tejolote, also made of lava, to grind vegetables and spices. *** Me dice mi mamá que el molcajete era como la licuadora para nuestros antepasados. Los nahua, aztecas y mayas utilzaban el molcajete para moler tomates, chile, achiote, maíz y cacao también. El molcajete es como una olla chiquita. Se usa con un tejolote, también hecho de lava, para moler verduras y especies. |
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