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La Candelaria by Pedro Luis de Aguinaga – Spanish
Written on 31 Jan, 2012 at 20:54 in Featured, Traditions & Culture |
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’ll want... (Continue reading)
Candlemas Tamal de Cazuela
Somehow I can’t the picture to come to the top so please scroll down. Tamal de Cazuela “Pot Tamal” without Wrapping Cubans have their beloved tamal en cazuela, Veracruzans have this near relative... (Continue reading)
Fortuna Bukharian Restaurant a fortuitous find in Rego Park
A modest picture for a great restaurant and it’s kosher if you ever need to take some friends who like that. The New York times insisted we visit Shalom Restaurant in an article that had not been updated since... (Continue reading)
My Music Week
If I started my week on Friday, January 20th, when Alvaro Paulino, the charming, brilliant violinist founder of the Mariachi Tapatio de Alvaro Paulino , picked and rehearsed the songs that we plan to record for an album to... (Continue reading)
Me with Ball
Written on 21 Jan, 2012 at 17:13 in Featured, On Zarela's Mind |
I just found this picture of me at around age 3 or 4. Something in my look reminds me of Violeta. ... (Continue reading)
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Menus and Recipes
Written on 8 Jan, 2012 at 1:14 in Featured |
This was a different Christmas Eve-very intimate. I was extra cautious this year and did not send out invitations and then neglected to invite people personally so the table was small and sweet –7 of my nearest and dearest shared... (Continue reading)
2011 Holiday Cooking
Written on 2 Jan, 2012 at 5:40 in Featured, Special Days |
I had never cooked as much as this holiday season. It was fun, tiring, satisfying, challenging and, especially wonderful to have people enjoying my food and the dishes our family and friends brought. We have a rule here: Everything must... (Continue reading)
El Pedimento – New Year’s Eve in Mitla and Juquila, Oaxaca
Written on 26 Dec, 2011 at 5:32 in Featured, Traditions & Culture |
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... (Continue reading)
Las posada
Written on 7 Dec, 2011 at 6:00 in Featured, Traditions & Culture |
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. ... (Continue reading)
Thanksgiving Menu
If you have heard me speak, you know that I often repeat the anecdote of my cousins and mine unexpected visit to my Comadre Lupe’s home in one of the outposts on the ranch. It was a time... (Continue reading)
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