Three Kings’ Day Celebrations

My personal memories of the Christmas season are probably different from those of southern Mexicans, for we had many Americanized customs in the north.  We celebrated Christmas pretty much as we do now in New York and exchanged gifts on Christmas Day. We never celebrated Three King’s Day , January 6th, which is the gift-giving [...]

Las posadas

Posadas are pre-Christmas parties re-enacting Mary and Joseph looking for lodging. They are held from December 16 to December 24. These parties are about sharing food, fun, and traditions.

Treasure of Mexican Convent Cookery dedicated to the Virgin of Guadalupe

To Give and to Get

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Our Lady of Guadalupe

The next big celebration in the Mexican and Mexican/American calendar is the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 12.  The festivities begin around midnight with a serenade by groups of mariachis and other singers that is kicked off with Las Mananitas, the Mexican birthday song. The Virgin of Guadalupe has symbolized the Mexican nation [...]

Special Menu from Quintana Roo

I bet if I asked 100 people in the U.S what Mexican Cancun is located in, maybe one or two would know, if that many. But this gorgeous state is indeed much more than that popular but definitely not my favorite travel destination in Mexico even though there is some good food to be had there and some of the hotel have top ratings as fa as service.I prefer more typical locales in the interior of Mexico but even the now gentrified Tulum and Playa del Carmen will do when I need to get some sun and sand which is really hardly ever.

Tamarind

The first two things I eat when I get to Mexico is a boiled or roasted ear of satisfying chewy Mexican corn and a tamarind popsicle.  I simply adore the sweet-tart flavor of tamarind ! Just thinking about them makes my lips puckef and my mouth waters in anticipation.   While it has not traditionally [...]

Gallina Pinta or Pozole de Pobre

Pozole is soup-stew traditionally made with a special variety of dried corn called cacahuazintle that is soaked in a solution of calcium hydroxide to remove the outer skin and meat, usually  pork  and the best includes the pig head, and/or chicken and served with assorted garnishes such as shredded lettuce, radishes, chopped onion, oregano and [...]

Introducing Pedro de Aguinaga

It saddened me deeply when Pedro Luis de Aguinaga, my close, close friend retired from the newspaper world and returned back home to live in Nayarit.  Pedro is a wonderful writer with a very distinct voice and particular view of life and I knew that I would miss his columns terribly.  I speak to him [...]

Budd Schulberg:” What’s for dessert?

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