Discover and re-discover Mexico’s cuisine, culture and history through the recipes, backyard stories and other interesting findings of an expatriate in Canada
A few years back, I prepared a full Day of the Dead offering, including cempasúchil, and in another year, I only made a small offering with basic elements. This year, I did not grow cempasúchil in my garden, but this week my Mexican tarragon plants were at their blooming peak, so I decided to use them in this year's offering ... click on title for more
I harvested a bowl full of crabapples from my garden. Because the fruit was so small, it would have been hard to peel or core, and since I use no pesticides in my garden, a lot of it had mould or insect damage. The best solution in the kitchen was to discard damaged fruit, then clean and cook the rest into a jelly ... click on title for more
Crabapples were originally wild in their native North American and Euro Asian regions, but nowadays they are cultivated all around the world as ornamentals and for their edible fruit ... click on title for more
In my garden today, September 29, the plants of Mexican tarragon (known as Yautli in Nahuatl language) have started to bloom. September 29 is also marked on Christian calendars as Michaelmas or the Feast of St. Michael. In some regions in Central Mexico, crosses are made of Yautli and are hung on front doors and at the corners of corn fields before the harvest, and in honour of the archangel Michael ... click on title for more
My backyard harvest this week was not bad, and I am still seeing a lot of flowers and developing fruit in many of my crops ... click on title for more
My Slice of Mexico 