Cebadina revisited

While I’m on the subject of aguas frescas, Bob Mrotek has a follow up post to his earlier post on cebadina including some interesting thoughts on why both tamarind and…

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Agua Fresca 10: Agua de Sandia (Watermelon)

Here’s a nice simple agua fresca that is also one of the best: agua de sandia or watermelon water. You simply take a nice piece of watermelon and cut part…

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Art (and manuscript cookbooks) in peril

Here’s a link that lists some of the pieces of art that have disappeared from Mexico recently, particularly from churches.  It makes very sad reading. What are not included in…

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