Agua Fresca 15: Agua de Granada (Pomegranate Water)
I’ve been neglecting aguas frescas recently. But last week the garden yielded a bumper crop of pomegranates (granadas). The insects are arriving for their share. Snakes in every Eden. If…
Read moreChicha: Nectar of the Incas
“Here and there we got huge glasses of chicha, the favorite native beverage, at a cent or two each. So many travelers have pictured the making of this by toothless…
Read moreGreek Refreshments (Aguas Frescas)
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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