{"product_id":"philadelphia-stories-collection-recao-culantro-poster","title":"Philadelphia Stories Collection: Recao (Culantro) *POSTER*","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis illustration is part of the Philadelphia Museum of Art's \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/philamuseum.org\/learn\/community-engagement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eCommunity Spotlight\u003c\/a\u003e initiative.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/trueloveseeds.sbs\/products\/recao-culantro\"\u003eRecao (Culantro)\u003c\/a\u003e poster on glossy paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: 11\" x 17\"\u003cbr\u003eWeight: 100lb\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted in Philadelphia by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fireballprinting.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eFireball Printing\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlease note:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Posters are shipped separately from seeds\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, in mailing tubes ($3.00 will be added to your shipping fee). For international orders, please contact us about shipping costs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeeds and frame not included.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eARTIST:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/celsoart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eCelso González\u003c\/a\u003e's art is reflective and introspective and it honors his Loiceño and Rio Grande roots, where some of the magic that abounds in his compositions germinates. For this project Celso portrayed Iris Brown of Villa Africána Colobó in Norris Square, Philadelphia with her mother, Wencesla Hernández, and her grandmother, Monserrate Rivera, holding a pot of arroz con gandules.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Seed:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis saw-toothed, low-growing, pungent, green herb is native to Mexico, the Caribbean, Central, and South America. We first learned about it from Puerto Rican and Dominican friends who call it Recao and for whom it is an essential part of their family Sofrito recipes. In Trinidad, it is known as Chado Beni, and it is also used extensively in Southeast Asia. For many years, because of the difficulty germinating this plant, we have bought seedlings from Vietnamese grocery stores where it is called Ngò Gai. In English, it is called Culantro (which sounds like the milder and similarly flavored Cilantro, but is different as you can see here). We have been experimenting for several years with seed production of this plant, which would really prefer to be growing in a more tropical climate. The last couple years we've grown it successfully in the shade of our Moringa trees and Upland Rice polycultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur recao informant and former Truelove Seeds apprentice Grimaldi Baez, who is admittedly NOT a mixologist, tinctures the leaves and makes a gin and tonic with them as if they were bitters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"El culantro es indispensable para los Boricuas!!\" –Iris Brown\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/trueloveseeds.sbs\/products\/recao-culantro\"\u003eBuy the seeds here.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44312834769134,"sku":"PRNT-013","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2406\/3467\/files\/11x17vert_2023-08_artpacketposter_Recao_v3_RGBcr.jpg?v=1693948244","url":"https:\/\/trueloveseeds.sbs\/products\/philadelphia-stories-collection-recao-culantro-poster","provider":"Truelove Seeds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}