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Greek Refreshments (Aguas Frescas)

By Rachel Laudan June 18, 2008 Drink, Taste 3 Comments

Mariana Kavroulaki in here blog History of Greek Food has a couple of delightful posts on the Greek cousins to Mexican aguas frescas. Cannelada is cinnamon flavoured, in fact it’s…

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Agua Fresca 9: Horchata, the Mexican Rice Version

By Rachel Laudan June 1, 2008 Drink, Food History, Mexican Food 9 Comments

I’m going to edge into horchata by beginning with the Mexican rice version. Even in Mexico, horchata, originally a barley water, can be made with almonds, oatmeal, melon seeds, and…

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