La Siembra del Nombre – An Aztec naming ceremony
I think it was my Marissa, her new godmother, who first heard about the Aztec naming ceremony called :La Siembra del Nombre (the planting of the name.) My son and daughter-in-law wanted to celebrate my grand daughter Violeta’s first birthday with a naming...Feast of St. Christopher – Fiesta de San Cristobal
The first fiesta de pueblo, town feast, I attended was in 1985 in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas. I have come at the time of a major local festival, the feast of the city’s patron, St. Christopher. The celebration begins a week before St....Squash Blossoms – Flor de Calabaza
As I’ve mentioned before in this section, in Mexico there is an age-old tradition of using every part of a plant. Squashes in particular yield a wealth of delicious dishes. The tendrils go into sopa de guias, a light chicken broth seasoned with a sauteed...Summer Entertaining with La Caja China
Since he was a young high school student at Dalton, my son Rodrigo was given to entertaining–like me. I was one of the few parents who would allow a group of his classmates, supervised by a teacher, to come and cook and have dinner at our apartment. They had...
The many lives of Zarela Martínez
Culinary legend Zarela Martínez introduced finely tuned, highly researched regional Mexican cuisine to a national stage, and has continued to blaze trails for more than three decades.