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Tacos and Chiles Rellenos
Written on 4 Apr, 2012 at 14:35 in Cooking, On Zarela's Mind |
El Paso-style chile rellenos. Photograph by Laurie Smith. The other day, Fany Gerson, pastry chef and author of My Sweet Mexico, put up a a picture of a bag of “organic taco seasoning’ as a post on facebook... (Continue reading)
Barney Rosset another giant is gone
Written on 16 Mar, 2012 at 15:27 in Featured, On Zarela's Mind |
When Jamie Gillis, my long-time companion met Barney Rosset, who almost single-handedly did away with censorship in the United States by publishing books like Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, HenryMiller’s Tropic of Cancer, Naked Lunch by Burroughs, it... (Continue reading)
Cooking classes are not just about cooking..
Written on 26 Feb, 2012 at 16:54 in Featured, On Zarela's Mind |
I added this in memory of my mother Yesterday I received the most surprising and heart-warming letter that I want to share with you because this is exactly why I love to teach: Dear Ms. Martinez: My sister and... (Continue reading)
Desiderata – Violeta
Written on 4 Feb, 2012 at 13:27 in Featured, On Zarela's Mind |
Okay, so I said I’d never be that way, that I had no interest in being a grandmother that I’d never gush and feel about to burst from pride and love for the extraordinary being that is my granddaughter... (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)
My wedding dress
Written on 25 Dec, 2011 at 1:16 in On Zarela's Mind, Traditions & Culture |
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’s actually off-white. Mother-in-law to be, slightly shocked, says “with... (Continue reading)
The best week of my life?
Written on 22 Nov, 2011 at 23:55 in Featured, On Zarela's Mind |
I’ve posted this picture of Violeta taken by her mother, Victoria Munr,o because it captures the way I feel these days. For many children, joy comes as the result of mining something unique and wondrous about themselves from some inner... (Continue reading)
Pay with Pay Pal
Written on 19 Oct, 2011 at 1:05 in On Zarela's Mind |
What’s on my mind? The retablo auction that you can pay for here with pay pal. “>... (Continue reading)
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Written on 29 Apr, 2011 at 10:31 in On Zarela's Mind |
Photo by Todd Southern As I dive into my next project and enter a new phase of my life, Ionce asked Glyn Maxwell, poet for The Atlantic Monthly, I could use this excerpt from his piece An Englishman’s Dream of... (Continue reading)
Tortillas de Harina
Written on 25 Jan, 2011 at 1:20 in On Zarela's Mind |
Lifestyle On Zarela’s Mind: Mexican Cultural Classes & How to Make Flour Tortillas de Harina (Flour Tortillas) This Europeanized (but now totally Mexican) takeoff on the pre-Columbian tortilla idea was made possible by the Spanish introduction of pigs (for... (Continue reading)
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