Season of the Sacred: Rediscovering Christmas in Mexico
I took one look around the tiny, dingy room I had rented and began questioning my sanity. It was December 2 and I was in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, after a tiring 24-hour bus ride one thousand mil...
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Mexico lost-and-found fishermen still waiting for massive payday
Their survival was a miracle of faith and fierce determination, or the biggest fish tale ever told. read more
Christmas in Mexico City
The flash of skate blades against gleaming ice. A cold-edged wind that creeps into your bones. The sharp, metallic smell of snow in the air. Winter.
These are the images that most of us connect to our...
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An expatriate in Mexico
You must be thinking of ex-patriot; someone who's turned against his country. It's a different spelling, like here and hear.
Usually the reasons are about experiencing a new culture and a different kind of weather, as they were for me. And they're always about reinventing yourself against a background that in Mexico I think of as simpático. It welcomes people in a mood for a lifestyle change.
But how does it work, really? read more
San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato & The Bajío
A resident of San Miguel de Allende for several years, the author, Julie Doherty, writes both with affection and enthusiasm about the Bajío — a vast central plain that includes the states of Guanajuato and Querétaro.
She concentrates on two lovely towns, San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato, but she also offers us a glimpse of Querétaro City, Tequisquiapan, San Sebastian Bernal, Dolores Hildalgo, Mineral de Pozos, and the large manufacturing city of León. read more
Fish filets in Mexican hoja santa: Filetes de pescado en hoja santa
Fish filets in Mexican hoja santa is a specialty of Veracruz, where hoja santa is often called acuyo. It combines the fresh seafood for which Veracruz is famous with the anise-scented herb that grows a...
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Steamed turkey in Mexican achiote sauce: Pavo al vapor en recado colorado
Achiote paste, a characteristic seasoning of the Yucatan, where it is known as recado rojo, has been discussed before in this column. Made from the seed of the annatto tree ground with cumin, cloves an...
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