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Loida Casares Ruiz

Wife, Mother, Writer, Advertising Manager

Loida Casares Ruiz grew up in Northeast Houston. She graduated from the University of Houston with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Minor in English. She received a Master of Arts in Communication in 2001. She works in advertising by day and is a mother, wife, and writer by night. She has al...

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KPFT, The Bodega Cookbook, & The Locavore Movement

Loida Casares Ruiz

Tune in this Tuesday to KPFT to the Nuestra Palabra show at 7:30 p.m. Central and listen to my interview.  They will be interviewing me about The Bodega Party in a Box.  This is a cookbook that encourages shopping at your local neighborhood store.  I contributed a recipe for Pork in Tomatillo sauce.

I’m very excited about the interview and I can’t wait to talk about this great project from Neighbors Project, that encourages being a good neighbor and urban living.

My sister was telling me that The Bodega Party in a Box project reminded her of the Locavore movement.  I found the locavore movement very interesting so of course I had to look it up and I read about it on Wikipedia.  This movement is even more local, where people only buy from people, farmers in their area.

But it is a very similar concept in that the Bodega Party encourages people to shop in their own neighborhoods.  It also helps fund the Food & Liquor Project, which helps to get more produce in local stores.  So tune in on Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. Central at 90.1 FM locally or kpft.org nationally and hear all about it!