Mexican Thanksgiving: Stuffed Suckling Pig or Drunken Turkey (Pavo Borracho)?
Every Thanksgiving the big moment to decide comes: Do we want my sister Aida’s marvelous pavo borracho, which is short on looks but big on taste, or a traditional turkey that may or may not come out perfectly but the stuffing will be moist and delicious? Or do...
My Mother’s Pantry
My Mother’s Pantry Glistening by the light of a single bare bulb are jars of canned snails from France, saffron and baby eels from Spain, bamboo shoots and plum sauce from China, and grape leaves in brine from the Middle East. Picture these delicacies in the...Summer Entertaining with La Caja China
Since he was a young high school student at Dalton, my son Rodrigo was given to entertaining–like me. I was one of the few parents who would allow a group of his classmates, supervised by a teacher, to come and cook and have dinner at our apartment. They had...“Bad girl turns good” or why Mary Magdalene is so popular.
This weekend my dear friend Antonia, choreographer, yoga master and healer is putting on a show based on Mary Magdalene, the fallen woman who mended he ways and was declared a saint. It was quite a performance with sacred chants, dance and very much unlike the...Semana Santa
During Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Mexico processions and passion plays take place all through the country, though different areas celebrate in different ways and certain communities have more elaborate celebrations. Those areas in Mexico where Holy Week is celebrated...
The many lives of Zarela Martínez
Culinary legend Zarela Martínez introduced finely tuned, highly researched regional Mexican cuisine to a national stage, and has continued to blaze trails for more than three decades.