The National University of Mexico (and Its Food)
Quite a good article in the New York Times on UNAM, the National Autonomous University of Mexico, where we spend a good bit of our time. Saturday Morning Theater seen…
Read morePiernas, Pavos, and Bacalao
This is the time of year when most books on Mexican cooking written for English-speakers leave you a bit up in the air (exceptions are Patricia’s Quinatana’s Mexico’s Feasts of…
Read moreChocolate and Toasted Maize: What a Drink
Many countries still have drinks that go back deep into the past. One such is taxcalate from Chiapas in the far south of Mexico. Here’s the powder base: ground toasted…
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