Mexican Food, Virtual Cooking Classes, and Cultura
This one’s for the mamis fresas! Over the weekend we celebrated Mother’s Day across the U.S., and on May 10, we pay homage to the Mexican madres. Since May is also National Strawberry Month and these fun frutas are at their peak sweetness, I decided …
Many thanks to Dole Sunshine Latino and #WeAllGrow Latina Network for sponsoring this post; recipe and opinions are my own. If you’ve ever been to Porto’s Bakery & Cafe in Southern California, then you’re familiar with the Cuban bakery’s famous guava and cream cheese pastries. …
I learned to make this very simple Mexican dessert with one of my Oaxacan cooking mentors, Reyna Mendoza. Reyna is among Oaxaca’s best-known cocineras tradicionales and she teaches Zapotec cooking classes from her home in Teotitlán del Valle. I had the good fortune of taking several classes with Reyna in 2012 and look forward to learning more from her this summer when I return to Oaxaca for an Eat.Cook.Drink.Mexico tour with some fellow food bloggers.
Lola and Reyna, 2012. Continue reading Pears and Piloncillo | Peras con Piloncillo