It was during one of my classes at SMU that I saw the word: Capirotada. It was my first year in grad school. My first year living in Dallas. I read it in one of those books highlighting Mexican ...
The bread was burned. Smoke swirled around the frying pan. Most of the cheese had turned moldy. And where was that last, crucial tomatillo husk? I was trying to make capirotada, the bread pudding that ...
Mention capirotada to María Castro, and she's lost in memories of a hard but happy childhood in the Mexican countryside. Mention it to Laura Murillo, and she's transported to the sights and scents of ...
The title of Arizona poet laureate Alberto Álvaro Ríos’ memoir is “Capirotada,” the name of the anything-goes bread pudding from Mexico that typically shows up on menus around Los Angeles during Lent.
Easter is this Sunday, which concludes my favorite food holiday: Lent. And the showstopper: capirotada, the layered bread pudding that’s the de facto Mexican dessert for Lent. Every family bakes their ...
From capirotada to buñuelos, these dishes bring a wealth of regional variation to the table. It’s that time of year again. Holiday music playing everywhere you go, sparkling lights, inflatable ...
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In college, I spent my junior year abroad at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. To ease the homesickness of the American students, our sponsoring program organized a Thanksgiving dinner. They ...
The bread was burned. Smoke swirled around the frying pan. Most of the cheese had turned moldy. And where was that last, crucial tomatillo husk? I was trying to make capirotada, the bread pudding that ...
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