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Mexican macadamia nuts: culinary gold

 
A trip to the cloud covered village of Cuetzalan, high in the Sierra of Puebla, elicited questions. How does the regional dress of pure white cotton stay so clean when it rains nearly every day? How do vehicles get to the center of town when most of the cobblestone streets are stairways rather than roads? And how is it that some of Mexico's most remote farms are growing one of the world's most expensive luxury foods? Karen Hursh Graber

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Mexican macadamia nuts: culinary gold Karen Hursh Graber

  A trip to the cloud covered village of Cuetzalan, high in the Sierra of Puebla, elicited questions. How does the regional d... read more

Shrimp with macadamia cilantro pesto: Camarones con pesto de macadamia y cilantro Karen Hursh Graber

This is meant to be tossed with pasta, but the pesto can be served over grilled or roasted fish, or rolled inside chicken cutl... read more

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Every Sunday Gloria awakens at 3:00 a.m., and begins preparing tejate, a frothy, tasty corn and cacao based drink, which she w... read more

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From the outside, this bullring resembles nothing so much as a red erector-set construction but inside, it is a concrete-stepp... read more

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