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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)
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)
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)
Pebre de Pollo
Pebre de Pollo Chicken in Sweet-Tart Sauce Recipe< Zarela’s Veracruz, Hougton Mifflin, September 2011 When I’m in Mexico exploring a spot new to me, I always start asking people who’s the best cook in town. I tried it in Tuxpan,... (Continue reading)
Lard? Yes! Praise the Lard
Written on 4 Dec, 2011 at 16:52 in Ingredients, Videos |
It was 1991. Ruth Reichl, was the editor of the Los Angeles Times food section, and she was changing the culinary scene, mostly subtly but with a wake up bang directed at others. When she asked me to write... (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)
Sweet Potato Casserole
Written on 24 Nov, 2011 at 0:20 in Recipes, Vegetable & Side Dishes |
Around this time every year people start calling to ask for my sweet potato casserole recipe. It was actually not my original recipe but rather I learned to make it from my dear friend, Alex Baker, who had learned it... (Continue reading)
Retablo Auction New Additions – WOW!
Straight from Tepic, Nayarit via DSL this marvelous retablo by my dear friend, Pedro Luis de Aguinaga arrived this morning. Artist, writer, raconteur, boulevadier, brilliant and cunning at observing and commenting on people and situations and, most importantly, loyal friend... (Continue reading)
Concordia Cemetery Retablo by Victoria Munro
Written on 30 Sep, 2011 at 8:53 in Events |
Victoria Munro was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1975. She has spent the last thirteen years working between Auckland, New Zealand and New York, USA. During this time she has exhibited her photographic and sculptural works internationally... (Continue reading)
El Moco – by Rene Maynez
Written on 18 Sep, 2011 at 23:05 in Events |
Rene Maynez is a multimedia artist from the El Paso, Texas/Juarez Chihuahua area with a wicked sense of humor. His photoshopped photograph collages are amazing www.renemaynez.com and vary from kitschy to ethereal. He did this partly as a joke and... (Continue reading)
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