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Wordless Wednesday: Estadio Olímpico Universitario

Written by Maura Hernandez on August 17, 2011
Categories: Mexico City, Wordless Wednesday

I snapped this photo of the Estadio Olímpico while zipping through C.U. (Ciudad Universitaria, the main campus of UNAM) on my last visit to Mexico City. The stadium opened in 1952 and was also used for the 1968 Olympic games. The mural on the outside of the stadium as pictured here, titled “La Universidad, la [...]

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Flores de calabaza at the farmers market

Written by Maura Hernandez on August 5, 2011
Categories: Finding Mexico in Chicago, Vegetarian/Vegetariano

I’ve been stalking visiting my local farmers markets lately looking for flor de calabaza. And every week since they started bringing them three weeks ago, I’ve arrived too late because they sold out before 9 or 10 A.M. So this past weekend, I got up early on Saturday hoping to get my hands on some, [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: quesadilla de huitlacoche

Written by Maura Hernandez on August 3, 2011
Categories: Finding Mexico in Chicago, Tacomiendo, Vegetarian/Vegetariano, Wordless Wednesday

Over the weekend José and I had dinner at Fogón, an upscale Mexican restaurant that opened this spring in a neighborhood near where we live. I’ll write more about it another time, but I had to share a photo of this earthy-tasting, perfectly over-stuffed quesadilla I ate as an appetizer—it had cheese and huitlacoche (also [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Romeritos en lata

Written by Maura Hernandez on June 29, 2011
Categories: Wordless Wednesday

Look what I found at the Mexisuper a few weeks ago. I was too fascinated to not take a photo. Notice the little yellow dot to the bottom left on the can that says, “sin camarones.” Would you eat romeritos en mole from a can?

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Wordless Wednesday: Taco de cecina

Written by Maura Hernandez on June 22, 2011
Categories: Finding Mexico in Chicago, Tacomiendo, Wordless Wednesday

I ate this incredible taco de cecina last week at La Lagartija Taquería here in Chicago, our favorite changarro. With a homemade tortilla, a light smear of frijoles and a perfectly salted cut of cecina, I was in taco heaven. I topped it with cebolla, cilantro and a drizzle of salsa roja. It’s not on [...]