Cuernavaca | The Other Side of the Tortilla

Visiting the ex hacienda de Apanquetzalco in Yautepec

Written by Maura Hernandez on November 28, 2011
Categories: Historia/History, Mexico Today, MexMonday, Morelos, Sponsored, Travel/Viajes

In October, I traveled to Mexico for a cousin’s wedding. It wasn’t your typical church wedding followed by a reception at a banquet hall. Instead, it was held at a beautiful ex hacienda in the town of Yautepec, located in the state of Morelos. Not far from Cuernavaca, Yautepec is a short trip (about an [...]

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Best of The Tortilla from 2010

Written by Maura Hernandez on January 3, 2011
Categories: Bebidas/Beverages, Cultura/Culture, Mexico City, MexMonday, Morelos, Oaxaca, Querétaro, Receta/Recipe, Reflections/Pensamientos, Travel/Viajes, Video

Today we’re headed back to Chicago and la vida diaria, but so we don’t skip a beat while traveling, we’ve prepared a few lists, based on you, the readers, and what you loved most on The Other Side of The Tortilla in 2010. Click on the photos below to visit each recipe or story. And [...]

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Un rico fin de semana en Cuernavaca

Written by Maura Hernandez on December 14, 2010
Categories: Cultura/Culture, Morelos, Travel/Viajes

This past weekend, I spent some time with my suegros at a friend’s weekend home in Cuernavaca with a group of my suegra’s best friends from college. They were all at our wedding in Los Cabos nearly two and a half years ago, so it was wonderful to see them all in one place again. [...]

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¿Verde de envidia?

Written by Maura Hernandez on December 10, 2010
Categories: Cultura/Culture, Eventos/Events

This weekend I’ll be off galavanting around Cuernavaca to visit friends with my suegra, but so as not to leave you too verde de envidia (especially if I end up eating at El Faisán before returning to Mexico City on Sunday), I thought I’d give you a few events going on in a few of [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Nochebuenas

Written by Maura Hernandez on December 1, 2010
Categories: Cultura/Culture, Día festivo/Holidays, Historia/History, Mexico City, Wordless Wednesday

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 [...]