Latest News on Mexican Food, Grocery Brands, Authentic Recipes and Culture from Mexico.
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Photo Credit: Banderita by Cristiano Oliveira There are many versions of the popular sangrita, a chaser for a straight shot of tequila. It is common in Mexico City to serve premium tequila accompanied with sangrita, a favourite of my family. There always seems to be a batch of this sophisticated sangrita in the fridge. The …
From American Druggist, Volume 16 (May, 1887). Pulque and mescal, which are fermented and distilled liquors with a great variety of modifications, are made from the sap and root of the maguey plant or aloe, known as the Agave americana. This plant, in some thirty varieties, grows wild throughout Mexico, and in many districts it …
While we were staying in Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, Chef Dany Lamote at the Hotel California there served us this ceviche, and since the mackerel had just been caught, it was fresh and superb. Classic Ceviche This is a classic dish all over Mexico. The fish of choice on the Pacific side of the …
Well, another year is coming to a close, and there’s nothing better than tequila to usher in the New Year. From all of us here at the MexGrocer Blog, we wish you a happy and tasty 2011. Oh, and don’t forget to add some chile to those tequila drinks! Tequila Enchilado (Chilied Tequila) This recipe …
The 50th anniversary of the margarita was the Fourth of July, 1992, according to Francisco “Pancho” Morales’s calculations. Pancho should know. He invented the drink–no matter what anyone else says. Claims to the origin of the margarita are as common as Elvis sightings. Some stories say that the margarita was created by a bartender at …