Learning to Cook, Mexico 1900
Every once in a while someone says something and it just rattles around in your head. That happened a few days ago with my friend M-E. “You know,” she said,…
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…
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…
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