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Coming from a multiethnic family can have its perks. You know more about the world, you always have "the one uncle" that is just bizarre, you hear stories about "back in my country", and holidays are never "normal". What sucks about it is having expectations raised to unmatchable levels. Case in point, we recently had an ethnic food potluck party in the office and were racking our brains on what to bring. Certain things were nixed because of stinkiness factor in the workplace (imagine talking to a new client with kimchi breath!) and others were thrown out because. . .well, there's just a line between being a cook and chef. Then we got it. Ceviche. We'd make Peruvian style ceviche (not to be confused with the more commonly found version in Texas with avocados, tomatoes, and crackers). We got all of our ingredients together and went to work. more ›