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Dolores Wiarco Dweck, known by her nearest and dearest as Lola, has a great appreciation for Mexican cuisine and culture. Lola's culinary mentors include her relatives and friends as well as some of Mexico’s great chefs and home cooks. She preserves and shares her favorite recipes through Lola’s Cocina.
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What’s one of your favorite Mexican cookbooks? Since my tías, sisters, cousins, mom, and I aren’t able to cook together right now, we started a long-distance book club.
We’re dusting off our cookbooks and creating recipes from them, and then sharing our experiences (nothing major - just difficulty level and how much we liked each recipe). While it’s a challenge not seeing family right now, I’m grateful that technology has kept us all connected.
Throwback to Colombia 2015 when my husband and I took our first solo trip without kids (we only had Amado at the time). We spent two glorious weeks exploring Bogotá, Medellín, and Cartagena.
While I love traveling with my kids, an adult-only vacation always brings me back to life. ¡Ojalá la próxima sea pronto! #nomomguilt
¡Hola! Today I’m sharing three different recipes made with three simple ingredients. Waste not, want not was the theme here. It started with me making té de canela (cinnamon tea), which served as the flavorful liquid I used to boil apples for apple sauce, which THEN served as the liquid to make apple-cinnamon oatmeal.
Check out lolascocina.com (direct link in profile) for all of these recipes. The only ingredients required are apples, cinnamon, and oatmeal.
Photography: @cmcreavy // Filter: Me
These days eggs are a hot commodity and in some stores, purchases are limited to one pack per customer.
I wonder if this is going to impact how many people make cascarones for Easter. Luckily I got some that were already made on clearance last year at my local grocery store. I have a hunch that not many people in this part of town knew what they were, so I was able to stock up.
Taquitos, flautas, tacos dorados - whatever you call these, I can assure you that they are absolutely delicious. Mexico is one of the few places where I never get homesick…maybe it’s because I’ve been visiting since I was a child. Or maybe it’s because everyone is always so welcoming. Or maybe it’s because the food is so damn good.
These taquitos were made by Señora Conchita and her team over at @lacasademisrecuerdos and they’re some of the best I’ve ever tasted.
“Bienvenidos a la chingada” - that’s exactly how it felt when we returned to the U.S. after a beautiful getaway in Quintana Roo.
To those who checked in to see if we made it back safely - thank you and yes, we’re all home safe and sound. In an effort to maintain las buenos vibras on here, I’ll be sharing photos, recipes, craft ideas, interviews, and so much more…so stay tuned!
Teaching Valentina about the finer things in life. #theworldisourclassroom
Have any of you tasted this type of cucumber? I had never heard of or seen pepinos blancos until an impromptu fruit stand stop on our way back from a day trip to Valladolid, Yucatán. They’re SO good! Hoping to grow some in my garden this spring.
Someone send a smoke signal if they shut down the border so I can extend my stay in paradise. Until then, we’ll continue to tune out the news and enjoy being at one with Madre Naturaleza.
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