tashby Feb 12, 2014, 8:49 PM Post #1 of 10 (108419 views) Shortcut “Maria’s Galletas” Pie Crust Recipe? Can’t Post | Private Reply Anybody have it nailed down? I have a couple of (killer) recipes that call for graham cracker crusts, but in my experience graham crackers are difficult to find and pricy when they […]
Continue ReadingBelow are selected articles and recipes from Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sinaloa and Sonora, the four states that form the Central Pacific Region of Mexico. To see ALL articles and recipes related to this region, please use the following individual state links: Colima – Articles or Recipes Jalisco – […]
Continue ReadingI parked my car on the US side of the border as I had no idea what to expect if I drove into Mexico. Will I need a passport? Some kind of international driver’s license? Better to be safe and walk across and scope it out. So I walk through the heavy, iron, bird-cage looking […]
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The state of Jalisco is part of the Central Pacific Region of Mexico, along with the states of Colima, Michoacán and Nayarit. The state of Jalisco is home to many famous national Mexican products and customs, including the beverage tequila, the skilled horsemanship sport of charrería, the Mexican Hat Dance” and the mariachi. The state’s […]
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beatricemor, Nov 29, 2007, We bought into the El Cerrillo Barrio in San Cristóbal de Las Casas because it was near the indigenous market, the Santo Domingo convent and the town´s historic center. A wonderful and ancient barrio if rather poor and ratty in a charming way. Someone I know was telling a tale about […]
Continue ReadingThis little story of life along Lake Chapala probably belongs in a movie or a museum dedicated to strange and unusual happenings. You can believe it or not. Our kind and gentle friend, Grace Contrades, in her 70s, managed to involve herself, her aging Cadillac and a muscular young man named Miguel in a January […]
Continue ReadingFather Alonso Ponce and Friar Antonio de Ciudad Real were probably Mexico’s first ever tourists. Father Alonso Ponce de León arrived in Veracruz in September 1584 and spent the next five years traveling to every corner of New Spain as Visitor of the Franciscan Provinces. In this time, he visited all 166 Franciscan monasteries in […]
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Mexico’s equivalent of the Domesday book was compiled in the sixteenth century. History shows that conquerors often have very little idea of what they have really acquired until it is firmly within their grasp. One of their first steps following victory is a comprehensive survey of everything of value, or potential value. For instance, in […]
Continue ReadingMexico Notes “Pedro” stands in my parent’s house, a permanent fixture. He is a concrete, life-size Mexican man, in a loose, dirty shirt and dark, baggy trousers held up with a piece of rope. He leans against a light post, a brown beer bottle in one hand, his other arm around the post. His soiled […]
Continue ReadingI live in the small Mexican village of Ajijic, nestled on the shores of Lake Chapala, encircled by mountains. My husband Jeff, 9-year-old son Chase and I have lived here for over a year. I love our life here in Mexico, but it often presents unexpected challenges that can test the mettle of even the […]
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