Category Archives: Mexico
The painter's eye. Detail of Dr. Atl (Gerardo Murillo) 1962 self-portrait, oil on cardboard. Private collection. Gerardo Murillo was born in 1895 in the San Juan de Dios neighborhood of...
Zirita, in a rural paradise mere minutes from Morelia's busy Centro Histórico (historic center), is a center of traditional culinary teaching and experiences. Photo courtesy Guillermo Martínez A......
Where is the online game starring these birds NOT the latest craze? A couple of weeks ago, Mexico Cooks! took a small group tour to Mexico City's enormous Mercado de...
The active volcano Popocatépetl is the second-highest mountain in Mexico at 5,452 meters (17,887 feet) above sea level. Some sources say that Popocatépetl is slightly higher than those quoted fi......
Make-do old fashioned cooking technique in Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán. Frijoles boil in a clay pot on the fogón (an on-the-ground cooking fire). The fire ring, in this case, is the wheel...
The definitive book about Mexico City's marvelous Mercado de San Juan, available in Spanish at the market. Mexico Cooks! has never seen it for sale anywhere else. It was published...
Chef Martha Ortiz, chef, owner, delightful human being, and creative guiding light extraordinaire behind Restaurante Dulce Patria--the name means 'sweet homeland'. Photo courtesy Martha Ortiz. S......
This article originally published a little over a year ago and has been extremely popular with Mexico Cooks! readers. When I recently prepared carne de puerco en salsa verde for...
A large portion of Mexico City's Templo de Nuestra Señora de la Balvanera, Calle República de Uruguay #36, is given over to the veneration of San Charbel Makhlouf, a 19th...
Sandra Gutiérrez's cookbook The New Southern-Latino Table landed on Mexico Cooks!' doorstep to a resounding HURRAY! Mexico Cooks! does not often get excited about fusion of cuisines. As my friend...
Barrio Chino de Noche (Chinatown at Night). Mexico City's tiny Chinatown is on Calle Dolores, between Av. Juárez and Ayuntamiento in the Centro Histórico (Historic Center). Photo courtesy Jesús E....
Close to ten years ago, I first heard a live concert by Tania Libertad. She sang as one of the invitados de honor (honored guests) at the Encuentro Internacional de...
Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent, was February 22, 2012. The following article has been very popular as a reference since it was first published on Mexico Cooks!...
This article about Ana Pellicer and James Metcalf was originally published on September 19, 2009. I re-publish it today in homage to Jim, who passed away on January 27, 2012....
This is the very first photo published by Mexico Cooks! on February 2, 2007: multicolor sonajas (rattles) for sale at a Michoacán artisans' fair. Wouldn't you love to work a...