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My name is Lori L. Tharps but around here I go by Ms. Meltingpot. I am a Black woman married to a Spanish man, raising two brown boys and a beige babygirl. I am an author and a professor. My life is pretty colorful. You wanna hear about it? Here goes...
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Nothing Says ‘Spanish Thanksgiving’ Like Pumpkin Flan!
Hola Meltingpot Readers, I don’t know about you, but I LOVE Thanksgiving. I mean what’s not to like? It’s all about food and family, two of my favorite [..]
Wednesday Round-Up: Multicultural Familia Gets an Update, One More Opinion About Nina Simone and Marvin Gaye’s Message About Hurricane Sandy
Hi Meltingpot Readers, I hope all of you living on the East Coast are okay post Sandy. We were very lucky here in our Kinky Gazpacho family. We [..]
Queen of Sheba and King Solomon:Interracial Romance Goes Biblical
Hi Meltingpot Readers, My mother has a close friend who loves the Lord. A lot. And she wants to ensure that friends and family enjoy a similar kind [..]
True Confessions from Ms. Meltingpot
Hi Meltingpot Readers, Since the theme of the week is transparency and coming clean, I thought I’d take the opportunity to share some things about Ms. Meltingpot that [..]
Ms. Meltingpot is Peeling Back the Layers
Dear Readers, I have this spiffy new blog design and I went to not one, but two, how-to -be-a-better blogger conferences this summer. And I’ve updated my links [..]
“I Love Lucy” – I Met My BFF in Morocco
In the summer of 1989, I lived in Morocco as an exchange student. I was an AFS student and truly believed that my life would be changed by immersing [..]
Mt. Airy, USA Tastes Like the Meltingpot
Last night in my little neighborhood of Mt. Airy, 30 food truck vendors descended on our main commercial corridor for a new annual event called The Night Market. [..]
Picky Eaters Made Not Born
Last night babygirl ate pesto pizza and broccoli for dinner. The night before that she ate a Spanish stew of chickpeas garbanzo beans, spinach and chorizo. Why did [..]