Andrew Correa, Full Interview

Collection: Anahi Viladrich Records at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Andrew Correa

Date: Time Period: 1968 - 2012; 2012-11-24; Interview recorded: November 24, 2012 Material: Digital audio recording made using IPhone 4S digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension: Total running time: 0:39:22

Creator: Andrew Correa interviewed by Alexa Rae Correa Identifier: aql:21239 avr-ac-full-000003

Description: Andrew Correa, a resident of Flushing, Queens since 1998 was born and raised in the South Bronx with his parents and four siblings. Once he married Luz Garcia, they moved to Queens seeking a better life for their children. In this interview, Andrew discusses his food history, and cultural traditions involving food in the Puerto Rican tradition. He brings us into his past with different cultures of foods, from when he was in the army, a short stint as a vegetarian and a few culturally diverse meals he had the week of the interview. Andrew has a diverse food sense, but always comes back to his traditional Puerto Rican heritage.

Title : Andrew Correa, Full Interview

Collection : aql:20455; aql:18056

Creator : Andrew Correa interviewed by Alexa Rae Correa

Date : Time Period: 1968 - 2012; 2012-11-24; Interview recorded: November 24, 2012

Summary/Description : Andrew Correa, a resident of Flushing, Queens since 1998 was born and raised in the South Bronx with his parents and four siblings. Once he married Luz Garcia, they moved to Queens seeking a better life for their children. In this interview, Andrew discusses his food history, and cultural traditions involving food in the Puerto Rican tradition. He brings us into his past with different cultures of foods, from when he was in the army, a short stint as a vegetarian and a few culturally diverse meals he had the week of the interview. Andrew has a diverse food sense, but always comes back to his traditional Puerto Rican heritage.

Subject : Cooking; Acculturation; Tradition; Vegetarian cooking; Making healthy food choices; Army life

Relation : Anahi Viladrich Records at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Andrew Correa

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Locations discussed: Flushing, Queens, NY Puerto Rico Flushing (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using IPhone 4S digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 0:39:22

Identifier : aql:21239 avr-ac-full-000003