Wordless Wednesday: Nochebuenas

Written by 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 [...]

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SALSA DE ARÁNDANOS

Written by on November 25, 2010
Categories: Algo dulce, Cultura/Culture, Día festivo/Holidays, Holiday dish, Receta/Recipe

As a little girl, I never liked whole cranberries and on Thanksgiving I always preferred the canned jellied cranberry sauce over the fresh cranberries my mom or my aunt made. Now that I’m a bit older and my palate is a little more refined, I prefer to make fresh cranberry sauce for my Thanksgiving dinner. [...]

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PONCHE NAVIDEÑO

Written by on January 30, 2010
Categories: Bebidas/Beverages, Cultura/Culture, Día festivo/Holidays, Mexico City, Travel/Viajes

First, I know it’s the end of January. I know there are 10 more months before you will likely try this recipe out, but I couldn’t let another day pass without sharing it with you because it gives me such warm, fuzzy feelings and memories of being back in Mexico with our family. And with [...]

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