by admin | Oct 31, 2009 | Main Dishes, Recipes
Since pre-Hispanic times, tamales have been the number one festive food. Everywhere in Mexico tamales are fiesta food — the equivalent of saying, “Let’s party!” On all occasions like weddings, baptisms, village saint’s days and the Days of the Dead when only the best...
by admin | Oct 11, 2009 | Articles, Traditions & Culture
Some of our guest contributors speak and write Spanish only and since a lot of my readers are bilingual Una torta es una torta es una torta * Inspirados hace 50 años en las típicas tortas ahogadas, los “lonches Gemma” se han convertido en un platillo tradicional de...
by admin | Oct 10, 2009 | Guadalajara, Places to stay, Travel
I arrived in Guadalajara for my bus man’s holiday in dramatic fashion — in a wheel chair, my leg in an air cast propped up on my computer bag, my only addiction being the need to stay connected at all times.) A sudden and overwhelming desire for the...