"I Still Can't Get It Right"

His mother gave him her rice-and-beans recipe. She never gave him the measurements. He has tried to get it right ever since. Roberto Hannibal grew up in New Jersey while spending his summers in Puerto Rico and St. Thomas. Last year, he left a full-time career in public health to become a full-time creative — including a cooking show called Flavors We Inherit, where friends teach him recipes passed down in their families while the stories, memories, and people behind every dish get told out loud before they disappear. This is a conversation about what a family recipe actually holds. What happens to our culture when corporations package it and sell it back to us? And the one step anyone can take this week to make sure a family tradition does not go with the person who holds it. Watch the full video episode on YouTube at tamigarcia.com or search for Roots Renwed.