Rachel Laudan

Basket of shrimp empanadas, 5 for $30 pesos (US$2.20) Saturday saw a group of three friends in La Viga, Mexico’s wholesale market, claimed to be the biggest in Latin America and the second biggest in the world.  It’s worthy of several blogs which will be coming along. First, though, is the shrimp empanada.  The market [...]

 A man who died on the killing stone or on the field of battle did not immediately dissolve into nothingness, or rather everythingness, which was the common fate. Instead for four years and for four years only he became a member of the warrior escort of the sun during in its progress across the heavens. [...]

  Delicious beef head tacos from El Torito (the little bull). On right. Macisa.  Solid meat Trompa.  Muzzle Cachete. The meaty bits below the eyes and between the ears and mouth. Ojo. Eye Lengua. Tongue Surtida.  A mixture   On left. Suadero.  Smooth, soft meat from above the udder or penis Longaniza.  Spicy sausage (of [...]