As soon as the weather begins to cool, my mom starts making sancocho—a hearty stew filled with meat and tuber vegetables. In the sweltering heat of the Dominican Republic, my grandmother still makes ...

It’s no secret that soup is widely personal, undeniably comforting, and able to transcend cultural backgrounds. Growing up in a traditional Cuban household in Miami meant that soup was also socially ...

When my daughter was a baby, one of her favorite foods was sancocho, the local Panamanian version of chicken soup, pureed in a blender. Now she lives in New York City, but she still gets together with ...

What it is: Sancocho, a South American soup/stew usually comprising large pieces of meat and vegetables (often root vegetables). Here it is done up Colombian/Mexican style, a chicken broth chockablock ...