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Three Kings’ Day Celebrations
Photo El Museo del Barrio My personal memories of the Christmas season are probably different from those of southern Mexicans, for we had many Americanized customs in the north. We celebrated Christmas pretty much as we do... (Continue reading)
Evelyn Golz’s Retablo
Written on 22 Dec, 2013 at 0:51 in Events, Traditions & Culture |
Evelyn Golz is a classical pianist and teacher, who grew up in a family of generations of artists and musicians. She became fascinated with retablos when she first saw the wonderful collection of Frido Kahlo and Diego Rivera in... (Continue reading)
Mike Magers Retablo
Written on 12 Dec, 2013 at 1:00 in Events, Traditions & Culture |
Michael Magers‘ interest in photography began as a young adult learning the basics on his father’s Canon AE-1. However, his path to the lens took the long way around as he obtained two Masters degrees and focused instead on... (Continue reading)
The night of the radishes in Oaxaca-La noche de los rabanos
Photo from my book The Food and Life of Oaxaca. This is the way people say hello in Teotitlan del Valle. Image from Snapping Lists Okay, so I’m a little dramatic and lacking in energy but when... (Continue reading)
Not so Mexican Thanksgiving
Written on 29 Nov, 2013 at 1:41 in Events, Traditions & Culture |
Yesterday: Feeling dejected and angry: In preparation for rubbing an herb.butter mixture under the skin of the “fresh never frozen turkey (sorry no room in this refrigerator to brine) from FAIRWAY MARKET in Kips Bay, we washed the bird and... (Continue reading)
Zarela Act 7
Written on 30 Sep, 2013 at 17:41 in Events |
Some of you may recall that in April I debuted an act at Casa Mezcal that was part performance art/part cooking lesson/part inspirational memoir. My intention is to prove that you can do anything you want with a condition... (Continue reading)
Channel Thirteen’s Latinos of NY/NJ
Good things are suddenly happening all over for me. Next week I am shooting a segment for a new show on Wisdom on Univision’s new English-language channel FUSION. Last week WNET used a little clip from this video... (Continue reading)
Pig Island 2013- a success! Everyone pigged out.
Written on 7 Sep, 2013 at 21:11 in Events, Past Events |
One happy me and one stuffed pig Lame intro I know but how can I resist it? But Pig Island 2013 was a huge success and everyone loved my Isthmian-style stuffed 200-pound pork that I served. It was quite... (Continue reading)
Final Day Pig Prepped for Pit
Written on 7 Sep, 2013 at 7:40 in Events |
Oven ready and only took 5 or 6 days to get ready! What a production this has been! my friend Lisa Maguire has recently been trying to remember a German word that means a project that took longer or... (Continue reading)
Day 5 – Preparation for Pig Island 2013
Written on 6 Sep, 2013 at 0:22 in Events |
Jimmy Carbone of Jimmy No.43 and me All 25 chefs cooking for this great happening met at Union Square market at the Flying Pigs truck to pick up our 200 lb. pigs. Tyson Ho and I are the only ones... (Continue reading)
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