Posts Tagged ‘capirotada’

Lenten Bread Pudding- Mema’s Capirotada

Lenten Bread Pudding- Mema's Capirotada

    Mema’s capirotada   No, this is not my mother’s recipe (she was also Mema) or mine but that of another Mema, my dear friend Elisa’s grandmother who is the reason I chose to have my grandchildren call me... (Continue reading)

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Lent – La Cuaresma

Lent - La Cuaresma

  Photograph: Laurie Smith   In a way, Lent is like New Year’s Day –you give up things that you shouldn’t be having any way, like chocolate or drinking, usually with the hope of losing weight.   But observant people do... (Continue reading)

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Pescado a la Veracruzana

Pescado a la Veracruzana

Makes 4 servings Food-lovers who know nothing else about Veracruzan cuisine probably have heard of the sauce used here through a dish served in restaurants from Mexico to Manhattan: huachinango a la veracruzana, or red snapper topped with a medley... (Continue reading)

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Semana Santa

Semana Santa

During Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Mexico processions and passion plays take place all through the country, though different areas celebrate in different ways and certain communities have more elaborate celebrations. Those areas in Mexico where Holy Week is celebrated... (Continue reading)

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