Wordless Wednesday: Hot sauce heaven

On a recent trip to the grocery store, I found myself all alone in the hot sauce aisle… Yes, my grocery store has a salsa aisle. It’s a little slice of heaven, no? What’s your favorite hot sauce?

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Wordless Wednesday: Tostadas Coyoacán

Earlier this week, my friend Julie, another Mexico Today ambassador, was lamenting on Twitter how much she missed tostadas Coyoacán—something I could definitely identify with… So I promised her I’d dig out the perfect photo to post this week just for her… You can follow Julie @mexicojulie and check out her blog, Midwesterner in Mexico. [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Everything tastes better with chile

A few weekends ago, my mom brought me a gift from a friend who’d been traveling—pistachios covered in chile powder. They reminded me a lot of the snacks I love to buy in the mercados of Mexico, especially the kinds of spicy nuts that are also flavored with dried garlic, known as dientes de ajo. [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Mango for breakfast

It’s that time of year here in Chicago when the supermarkets seem to be overflowing with ripe mangoes. I bought some mango de manila over the weekend (a yellow-skinned variety) and ate it for breakfast with a little squeeze of lime juice. How do you like to incorporate fresh mangoes into your diet?

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Wordless Wednesday: Passing over Popocatépetl

If you follow the news, you’ve probably heard a lot of fuss about a volcano in central Mexico that’s been spewing ash, rumbling and causing concern lately. That volcano, which stretches into parts of three bordering states (Mexico, Puebla and Morelos) is Popocatépetl—also known affectionately as Don Goyo. Here’s a photo I took of the [...]

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