Discover and re-discover Mexico’s cuisine, culture and history through the recipes, backyard stories and other interesting findings of an expatriate in Canada
My previous posts about the Mexican legend of the Rabbit on the Moon, and my garden herbs, made me think of this recipe for rabbit in a spicy sauce of pasilla peppers and tomatillos, which also works well with turkey, or as in this case, with chicken ... click on title for more
April showers have definitely brought May flowers, and also very fragrant and healthy herbs, such as this sampler of six varieties in my garden ... click on title for more
Different cultures around the world have found one or more rabbits hidden in the dark spots of the lunarscape since ancient times ... click on title for more
I am lucky enough to be the keeper of my mom’s recipe notebooks. In my previous post, I talked about the pick-up sticks game Mikado™, which is also the name in Europe of Pocky™, the Japanese biscuits shaped as sticks. That made me notice this recipe in one of my mom's notebooks, called, no less, "Palitos Japoneses" - "Japanese Sticks" ... click on title for more
Pick-Up Sticks is a simple game, played with a set of sticks in different colours. In Europe, there is a version called Mikado (Japanese emperor), and in Mexico, they are called "Palitos chinos" - "Chinese Sticks" which seem to suggest an Asian origin ... click on title for more
My Slice of Mexico 