Abuela's Kitchen

Everything meaningful that happened in my life until the age of 30 happened in my grandmother's kitchen, around the kitchen table.  Every single family gossip started there - and with a big family, there are never enough of those. Every fight started or ended there, or the emotions of it were drowned there.

I know this is not particular to Dominicans, nor the Caribbean.  I chose to portray this place with a Mexican woman because of the beauty of their dress. But I could have easily chosen an Italian donna, or an African mother.  There is a reason why kitchens are selling points in real estate - they make the house a home.