Tonight: Fiesta Latina at the White House

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Fiesta-latina-en-la-Casa-Blanca/

ETA: The sixty-minute program airs October 15, 2009 at 8 p.m. ET on PBS stations nationwide. (check local listings)
http://www.pbs.org/inperformanceatthewhitehouse/


Latin Celebration at the White House

Tonight, the White House will be filled with the Latin Culture flavor. As part of a series of evenings celebrating music and the Hispanic Heritage Month, President Barack Obama and the First Lady will welcome several Latin performers to the White House. Among the guests are Marc Anthony, Gloria Estefan, Tito el Bambino, Thalia and group Aventura. Jimmy Smits, Eva Longoria and George Lopez will also be at the event. Food will be served by Chef Maricel Presilla.

The event will be broadcasted live starting at 7:15 pm EST on WhiteHouse.gov/live and Facebook. You can also follow us on our new account in Spanish on Twitter.

Also and to continue the Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration, WhiteHouse.gov has launched today an updated version of its Spanish page at WhiteHouse.gov/spanish. On this page you can find information on the health reform, press releases, and remarks by the President as well as access to our YouTube playlist of videos in Spanish or with captions in Spanish, the new account in Twitter and the blog. This page will be updated every week, so we ask you to visit it frequently.

Share this information with your family, friends and co-workers and enjoy the rest of the Hispanic Heritage Month!



Fiesta Latina en la Casa Blanca
Posted by Luis Miranda
Esta noche la Casa Blanca se llenará del sabor de la cultura latina. Cómo parte de una serie de eventos en celebración de la música y el Mes de la Herencia Hispana, El Presidente Barack Obama y la Primera Dama le darán la bienvenida a una serie de invitados especiales de la música y entrenamiento latino. Entre los invitados se encuentran Marc Anthony, Gloria Estefan, Tito el Bambino, Thalia y el grupo Aventura. También estarán presentes Jimmy Smits, Eva Longoria y George Lopez, entre otros. La cena estará a cargo de la chef Maricel Presilla.

El evento será transmitido en vivo a partir de las 7:15 hora del este en WhiteHouse.gov/live y a través de Facebook. También podrá seguirnos a través de la nueva cuenta en español en twitter .

Por otra parte y para continuar la celebración del Mes de la Herencia Hispana, WhiteHouse.gov ha puesto hoy a su disposición una nueva versión de su página principal en español. En esta página podrá encontrar información sobre la reforma de salud, comunicados de prensa y declaraciones del Presidente así como acceso a nuestra lista de reproducción de videos en español o con subtítulos en español en YouTube, la nueva cuenta en Twitter y el blog. Esta página será actualizada cada semana, por lo que le pedimos que la visite frecuentemente.

Month..I love the way the White House tries to get everyone in on the :party:

I wonder what they're serving at this Fiesta?!

Cuban-born chef Maricel E. Presilla will be the featured chef for the event; she's the first high-profile female chef to cook at the White House. Presilla is the chef/owner of Cuchuramama and Zafra Kitchens restaurants in Hoboken New Jersey, which are artisanal South American eateries. She's also a culinary historian specializing in the foods of Latin America and Spain, and holds a doctorate in medieval Spanish history from New York University. She's the author of numerous cookery books on Pan Latin cuisine, which are food histories with recipes.

http://obamafoodorama.blogspot.com/2009/10/fiesta-latina-at-white-house-tonight.html

Yes, there is an Obama food blog. :rofl:

are attending tonight:9

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jSnE1Hyzjm7sS93fCtE5XwLOMfGAD9BAEKLO0

Latin party guest chef raids White House garden

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Presilla, chef and co-owner of Zafra and Cucharamama, two restaurants in Hoboken, N.J., said every item on the evening's menu was chosen to showcase some aspect of Latin culture, from the Cuban roast pork that is a nod to her own heritage to the Puerto Rican pasteles that she prepared in honor of new Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who was born in New York to Puerto Rican parents.

Even the "age of discovery" hot chocolate carried a message, harking back to a drink prepared for Mayan and Aztec royalty.

Presilla said she was happily surprised to find tomatillos growing in the kitchen garden planted on the South Lawn by first lady Michelle Obama, and the chef used them in a hot pepper sauce she added to the menu.

Other items on the menu: Argentine beef empanada with red chimichurri, Brazilian black-eyed pea arrumadinho, Honduran enchiladas topped with chicken hash, Guatemalan slaw and chocolate-cheese flan with hibiscus sauce.

"Guatemalan Slaw
1 bag of shredded cabbage "angel hair" style (or thinly slice half of one cabbage)
Juice of one lime
2 tbs chopped cilantro
1 Red onion, minced
4 tbs Olive oil
Salt and pepper, to taste

Toss shredded cabbage with the juice of one lime, chopped cilantro and minced red onion. Drizzle with olive oil, enough to just coat the mixture. Season with salt and pepper."

http://foodwoolf.com/2009/02/recipe-for-becoming-guatemalan.html


Looks Deliciosa!

lynched when she returns to miami. The right wing republican Hispanic radio shows are trashing president obama every single day on radio, and so will she once they hear she was dancing with the "devil" as they refer to the President. I wondered where she was during the last election, she kept a very low profile and didn't see her campaigning for McCain.

as El Diablo? :sarcasm:

"Gloria Estefan celebrates Obama's Inauguration in Honolulu"..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DVYVtJCWL0

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"President Obama Appoints Emilio Estefan!!

"Wednesday, 23 September 2009 11:13 .President Obama Appoints Members of the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced the appointment of several individuals to the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino.


The following individuals were appointed by President Obama to sit on the Commission: Emilio Estefan, Jr., Andrés W. López, Cindy Peña, Abigail M. Pollak, and Cid Wilson. Their bios are below. The President also announced that Gilberto Cárdenas and José B. Fernández, currently Members of the Commission, will continue their service on the Commission.


“I am pleased to appoint these outstanding men and women to the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino – a museum that would be dedicated to celebrating the history and achievements of Latinos in America,” said President Obama. “It is fitting that, as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, these individuals will reinvigorate the efforts of this commission to honor the contributions of Latinos and Latinas to our country.”


On May 8, 2008 the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino Act was signed into law. It created a 23 member commission, made up of appointees of the President and House and Senate leadership, tasked with studying over a two year period the feasibility of and plan for a new national museum in the nation’s capital that is dedicated to portraying the art, history, and culture of the Latino population of the United States.
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<more>
http://www.gloriaestefan.com/cms/news/366-president-obama-appoints-emilio-estefan.html

Hispanic population in this country. They, for the most part, are very conservative, and most haven't gotten over Janet Reno.

President Santos and President Obama are going to meet?

That'll tear a hole in the universe or something.

I saw it broadcast on TLC last night .... hearing the President perform the commercial in Spanish so effortlessly, was absolutely beautiful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjto6XwI4l4

Tagged for pics.

.... it's hard to even recognize that it's the South Lawn. If another admin has done it that way, I dont remember.

wait to see the pictures from tonight!

... when Jose Feliciano congratulated him on winning the Nobel.

Who needs more approval than that?

.... just so happen to be a Supreme Court Justice and the Secretary of Labor!

Ain't life grande?

... but am looking forward to seeing it Thurs. night.

is a beautiful sight to see. Between Mr. Prez cuttin' a rug and Sasha & Malia on the timbales, I've met my sugar rush quota for the evening. B-)