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		<title>La Candelaria by Pedro Luis de Aguinaga &#8211; Spanish</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; Every year I write about Candlemas Day as it is celebrated in Oaxaca and in Brooklyn and other parts in the New York City area and you can read about it in English here.   Maybe you&#8217;ll want to take a tour of  Sunset Park in Brooklyn and check out the stores and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>El Pedimento &#8211; New Year&#8217;s Eve in Mitla and Juquila, Oaxaca</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 09:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Curiously of all the items I posted in the last year, this piece got the most hits .  I imagine that its popularity is rooted in magic or wishful thinking.  It would be wonderful if our wishes became our realities though there&#8217;s that famous line &#8220;More tears have been shed for prayers that have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My wedding dress</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 05:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Place Juarez, Chihuahua. Year 1975 and my wedding day approaching. My mother-in-law to be casually asks me if I am going to wear white for my wedding. My response:  No, it&#8217;s actually off-white. Mother-in-law to be, slightly shocked, says &#8220;with a veil and crown?&#8221; And I say :  No.  I am actually wearing a turban. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Las posada</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[colaciones]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.























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		<title>A Dar Gracias (Thanksgiving with Zarela&#8217;s family)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 05:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Zarela’s Mind: Giving Thanks (And the Famous Pavo Borracho) Pavo Borracho From my son Rodrigo’s  second grade homework book: On Thanksgiving morning my mother made a pumpkin pie. It smelled wonderful while it was baking. When the pie was done, Mom took it out of the oven and Put in the turkey.  Then we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food is Art- Brooklyn Festival for Santa Cecilia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 12:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Food is Art presents: On November 24, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, there is a grand celebration in  honor of Santa Cecilia, at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 60th Street at Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Saint Cecilia is the patron saint of music and musicians say that she fills them with inspiration.  Thirty two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jamie Gillis Remembered during Days of the Dead</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jamie Gillis Remembered on the Days of the Dead celebrations Over the 23 years that Zarela Restaurant has been open, I have set up many Days of the Dead altars: my ex-husband , my father, my mother, my dear friend Robert Palmer, comedian Johnny Carson, actor Paul Newman, El Santo, Lola Beltran but this year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disturbing ad on FDR Drive</title>
		<link>http://www.zarela.com/2010/disturbing-ad-on-fdr-drive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 22:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Driving down the FDR to  the American Indian Museum for my presentation on the Mexican Corn Kitchen, I saw an  ad for Manhattan Mini  Storage painted on the side of a building that read something like this. Still storing things at your parents?  It means you&#8217;ll have to visit. I immediately called them and told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Panzas Llenas, Corazones Contentos: Sweet Recollections and Memories Made at La Estrella</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Story and Photographs  by Adela C.  Licona As we experience the countdown toward Sophia&#8217;s day of departure for college I continue to ask myself if I&#8217;ve prepared her well enough.  Her Grannie will tell you that I have not taught her enough about the domestic realm, particularly how to wash her own clothes&#8230;  It&#8217;s true.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating Oaxaca</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Zapotec cooking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This upcoming week, it&#8217;s all Oaxaca for me and many others  because Zoila  Mendoza, my muse and teacher of Zapotec  Valley cooking will be here to participate in my sold-out Mexican Corn Kitchen seminar at The American Indian Museum on Thursday, September 23 from 6 -8.  She will be cooking a Zapotec meal at Zarela [...]]]></description>
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