Discover and re-discover Mexico’s cuisine, culture and history through the recipes, backyard stories and other interesting findings of an expatriate in Canada
The name “Marquesote” is the augmentative form of the noble title of Marqués, translating as “the big Marquis”, and the cake of this name is said to have been named in Oaxaca after Hernán Cortés, the Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca ... click on title for more
What could have been on the menu of the Spaniards’ victory feast after the fall of Tenochtitlan? Click on image for more ...
My Slice of Mexico 