¡Feliz Año Nuevo!
¡Feliz Año Nuevo! The end of 2010 was pretty good to us here at The Other Side of The Tortilla. We had a chance to travel quite a bit within Mexico, take hundreds of photos, learn new recipes to share and spend time with family. We hope your new year was filled with food, friends, [...]
¡Feliz Navidad!
Sending you warm wishes for a Feliz Navidad from Las Bahías de Huatulco, Oaxaca, México As my regalito to you, I bring you the sounds of the ocean …
Wordless Wednesday: Ingredients for La Navidad
I went to the supermercado with my suegra a few days ago and saw these three things next to each other in the produce section. Nothing says La Navidad like guayabas, tejocotes and caña in a little ponche navideño, ¿Verdad? And it’s perfect to keep you warm at any posada. What do you see in [...]
Las Posadas Navideñas
Thursday this week began las posadas navideñas, the nine days of annual Christmas celebrations that culminate with a big celebration on Noche Buena, or Christmas Eve. The nine days symbolize each of the months that Mary was pregnant, and that’s also why Christmas Eve is more celebrated in Mexico than Christmas Day like in many [...]
Wordless Wednesday: Nochebuenas
This past weekend I saw the first Nochebuenas of the holiday season! Did you know that Poinsettia flowers originally came from Mexico? Just a few hours outside of Mexico City, the first poinsettias were discovered in the valleys of Taxco and Cuernavaca but it wasn’t until after the Spanish conquest that they were incorporated as [...]
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