Mexican grocery shopping list

5 things to add to your basket at the Mexican grocery near you.Before I met my husband, I didn’t even know Mexican grocery stores existed. As it turns out, there are at least 18 within 10 miles of my home, just north of Seattle. They are eas ...

Salud! A tequila primer

Get to know Mexico's signature drink: from ancient times to modern day, from seed to "Salud!"First things first: What makes tequila, tequila?It is made from the blue agave plant, which grows well in the volcanic soil near the Mexican city of ...

Girl meets Mexico: A love story

A chance meeting was the beginning of a beautiful relationship... with a man, his family, and an entire country.I was sitting at the end of the bar of my favorite hangout in Seattle one crazy-busy night, alternately chatting with the bartend ...

Mexican moms: Madre mía!

5 observations on what makes a Mexican mom tick.David and I dated for almost a year before I met his mother.During that time, he liked to tell me stories about her:How she would put his uneaten dinner in the blender and give it back to him a ...

At Home with Frida Kahlo

5 tips for a great visit to the artist's Casa Azul.On my first trip to Mexico, I told David there were two things I had to see:The National Anthropology Museum (watch this space for a future story on this must-see stunner) La Casa AzulLa Cas ...