# @essence on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DdW0v_FIDW3
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70516783-essence-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/7f6a2ca16d.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-09-16T17:30:46.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** ESSENCE (@essence) — https://gondola.cc/essence

## Caption

#sponsored Family recipes just hit different when they come with a side of history. 

For Hispanic Heritage Month, Brooklyn cook Alex Hill heads to Atlanta to get in the kitchen with her aunt Cecilia “Ceci” Baker, serving up Puerto Rican classics like pernil and arroz con gandules, with CocaCola at the table. 

Because some recipes feed you, and some remind you exactly where you come from. 

#RootsAndRecipes

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- **Views:** 70,535
- **Likes:** 3
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## Tags

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