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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.

What Las Posadas mean to me

Written by Maura Hernandez on December 16, 2011
Categories: Cultura/Culture, Día festivo/Holidays, Finding Mexico in Chicago, Mexico City, Mexico Today, Sponsored

December 16th begins Las Posadas, the nine days of celebration leading up to Christmas Eve, also known as Nochebuena. It’s customary for families to gather together, eat, sing and have a piñata at the party. Sometimes people celebrate posadas by going from home to home, singing the traditional song to ask for lodging the way [...]

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SALSA DE ARÁNDANOS

Written by Maura Hernandez 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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