December 12: The Virgin of Guadalupe
Patron Saint of Mexico and the Americas Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes once said that “…one may no longer consider himself …
Tag Archives: Mexico
In the Kitchen with Barbara Kingsolver: I
I’m going to bed every night now with Barbara Kingsolver’s latest book, The Lacuna: A Novel, about Mexico, politics, art, …
Halloween: Art
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! For more on the Day of the Dead in Mexico, see my previous post: Día de los Muertos …
Idylls of Cuisine, #35
[A photograph, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
Slapdown Corner: For the Love of Food!
Like a pot of water heating on the fire, the “meaning of foodie” conversations percolating out there come to boil …
Diana Kennedy’s Menu for Charles, Prince of Wales
In 2002, Diana Kennedy, well-known author of Mexican cookbooks, served the following menu to the man who would be king, …
Las Posadas and Christmas in Mexico (Part 2)
(Continued from December 23, 2008 …) What a feast lay there on the other side of the heavy wooden door, …
Las Posadas and Christmas in Mexico
After the Day of the Dead, the weeks flew by, disappearing into the ether, gone without a trace. A certain …
Día de los Muertos (Todos Santos)/ Day of the Dead Food-Laden Altars
(Note: The italicized portion of the following article is an excerpt from something I wrote for an encyclopedia on the …
What’s True About Mexico
Ever think about how a map of Mexico looks a little bit like Italy, only reversed? Mexico’s equivalent of the Italian boot of Puglia is the Yucatan, sticking out into the Gulf of Mexico like a big stubbed toe. The thirty-one states of Mexico, plus the federal district, hint at a culinary diversity that you’ll find only in places like Italy, where mountains and rivers and desert-like terrain prohibited easy hopping about from place to place.
