More vendors of agua fresca

Margaret Conover, whose blog is the place to go if you are interested in chia, posted this great illustration of una chiera (a chia vendor). She is puzzled by some…

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Agua Fresca 14: Horchata Rosa

Since Alex mentioned the pink horchata of Guadalajara, it seemed time to give a recipe for yet another of the multitudinous drinks that goes by this name (just hit the…

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Baby Steps to Understanding Mexican Cheese

Milk’s leap toward immortality. That’s the standard quote to introduce anything on cheese. Well, milk in Mexico did not get that far toward immortality and what it did do has…

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