Discover and re-discover Mexico’s cuisine, culture and history through the recipes, backyard stories and other interesting findings of an expatriate in Canada
Continuing with my husband's and my visit to our older daughter in Nova Scotia, Canada, a couple of our days were spent in the capital city of Halifax, and neighbouring Dartmouth. ... click on title for more
A simple yet beautiful dish, created to feature edible dahlia tubers, was inspired by the Mexican state of Tlaxcala's traditions and people ... click on title for more
Dahlia (Dahlia sp.) is Mexico's national flower, a genus of bushy, tuberous plants, native to Mexico and Central America, in the same family as daisies, sunflowers and chrysanthemums. I am growing them in my garden in Canada for the first time, both from seed, and from crowns bought at a gardening centre ... click on title for more
This year, I am growing dahlias for the first time in my Canadian garden. I bought a packet of mixed dwarf cultivars; I started the seed indoors, and transplanted once the weather was warm, in early June. A few days ago, as seen in the photo above, I spotted my first blossom! ... click on title for more
It finally seems like warmer weather is settling down in Southern Ontario. The cool weather seed was sowed, and the seedlings started indoors are all outside now. Here is a more detailed update of the new seed I mentioned back in March ... click on title for more
My Slice of Mexico 