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“Bad girl turns good” or why Mary Magdalene is so popular.
This weekend my dear friend Antonia, choreographer, yoga master and healer is putting on a show based on Mary Magdalene, the fallen woman who mended he ways and was declared a saint. It was quite a performance with sacred chants,... (Continue reading)
Skirt Steak
Written on 22 May, 2009 at 23:31 in Cooking, Ingredients |
At least once a week a customer asks why we don’t serve chicken or shrimp fajitas. My answer is that fajitas refers to a particular cut of meat, not a way of cooking, and that I am dedicated to serving... (Continue reading)
The Food of Coastal Veracruz
Written on 22 May, 2009 at 17:48 in Uncategorized |
The food of coastal Vera Cruz Chef’s specials for Memorial Day Weekend 2009 Sopa Huatape de Camarón Huasteca style shrimp soup stew with green chiles and masa dumplings 10.00 Crepas de Mariscos Thin crepes filled with shrimp, crabmeat and tilapia. ... (Continue reading)
Will you mentor me?
Written on 18 May, 2009 at 0:52 in Lifestyle, Traditions & Culture |
I t’s always an honor when someone ask you to be their mentor but it is not possible to accept the responsibility of mentoring any more than the four or five young women I’m currently trying to help. I prefer... (Continue reading)
Viva Solimar and other Latino students graduating from college.
As my family partied in honor of my stepdaughter-in-law’s college graduation in El Paso, Texas, another special celebration was being held at Zarela. One of our hostesses, Solimar whose name in English means Sun and Sea. an apt name for... (Continue reading)
Mi familia moderna – Celebrating Mary’s graduation
It was 1971 and I was living at the ranch ALONE with my father, relishing his company, getting to know and understand him, and working out “my adjustment reaction to adolescence.” He sat me down one afternoon and gently pointed... (Continue reading)
The food of Catemaco: The place where ancient mexicas thought paradise was
Written on 14 May, 2009 at 14:58 in Veracruz |
When people ask me what the most beautiful place in Mexico is, I look at them and say you’ve got to be kidding. Mexico is a beautiful country with scenery and attractions to please every taste and every mood. I... (Continue reading)
Ways to celebrate and honor your mother
Written on 8 May, 2009 at 17:20 in Special Days |
Mom or me? I like to ask people what the best gift they’ve ever given is and what is the best gift they have ever gotten. The second one is more difficult for me to answer because I have many... (Continue reading)
Piloncillo or Panela (Brown unrefined sugar loaf)
Written on 7 May, 2009 at 23:23 in Cooking, Ingredients |
Piloncillo: The sugar cane planted by the Spanish in the New World gave rise to several distinctive foods found in Mexico. One of these is our more flavorful equivalent of American brown sugar — the hard cones of unrefined sugar... (Continue reading)
Mother’s Day – El Dia de las Madres
When I had the website redesigned and relaunched it, I decided that it would fulfill the promise of being a resource “for lovers of Mexican food and culture” and exemplify the meaning of my tagline: “Alone one cannot share... (Continue reading)
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