Agua Fresca 2: Tamarindo
Well, on to this week’s agua fresca. It’s another of the great basics of the Mexican kitchen, agua de tamarindo. Here’s a pitcher, a warm brown color, lightly sweet, addictively…
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Agua frescas are one of the great joys of the Mexican kitchen. There’s not a really good English translation. Sometimes you see fruit waters, sometimes you see coolers, but both…
Read moreArchaic Drinks: Pinole
Pinole gives me shivers up the spine. When I eat it or drink it, I am transported back through the millenia to travelers, warriors, muleteers. So what is pinole? To…
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