Discover and re-discover Mexico’s cuisine, culture and history through the recipes, backyard stories and other interesting findings of an expatriate in Canada
Coricos are ring-shaped cookies made with corn flour, very traditional in some northern Mexican states. In small communities and rural settlements, homemade batches of these sweet treats are baked year-round, and especially for Catholic Holy week and Easter. In larger communities and cities, packages of coricos are omnipresent at supermarkets and corner store displays alike ... click on title for more
Los Mochis is a city in the Northern part of the state of Sinaloa; ideally located next to the port of Topolobampo, and at the starting point of the railway connecting to mountainous Northern regions, the city offers a manifold selection of attractions, as well as restaurants; local specialties are served every day, such as pulpo a la plancha - octopus on the griddle ... click on title for more
Empanaditas means "little patties", also the name of one of the most traditional sweet treats in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, and in particular, in the city of Los Mochis. Traditional countryside recipes call for beer amongst the ingredients for the dough ... click on title for more
Around the world, there are many public celebrations a few days before, and until, Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday), marked as the beginning of the Lenten season on Western Christian calendars. Some of the most famous are the Carnival of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, featuring samba dances, Mardi Gras in New Orleans, USA, with its floats and marching bands, and Carnival in Venice, Italy, the oldest, with its elaborate masks. In Mexico, there is also a strong tradition of Carnival, with massive concerts, parades, and exhibitions around the country; the most famous and largest are in the port of Veracruz, in the state of the same name, and in Mazatlán, also a port, in the state of Sinaloa ... click on title for more
The state of Guerrero is named after Vicente Guerrero (1782-1831); he was the second president and one of the fathers of the Mexican republic, abolishing slavery in 1829. Guerrero was betrayed, and deposed shortly after that, and by execution, he met his untimely death, on February 14, 1831. As a homage, I am sharing this recipe for a gluten-free treat from Teloloapan, Guerrero, where it is a cherished old-fashioned bread, ubiquitous around the Day of the Dead, in November, but also available year-round. For this post, I decorated some for Valentine's Day ... click on title for more
