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The Other Side of the Tortilla

traditional mexican cooking, one recipe at a time. served with a pizca of culture and travel.

Wordless Wednesday: Nochebuenas

Written by Maura Wall 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 [...]

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