The Taste of Navidad Past.

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So it’s that time of year, time for tamales, and champurrado, and buñuelos, and pozole!

Llegaron las Fiestas Navideñas!

For Latinos, the Christmas Holidays bring many great memories of delicious food and good times con toda la familia.

Being Latino, I come from a very Catholic family where Christmas is celebrated with old traditions with family and friends, celebrating all the Christmas traditions that are common in Mexico, from before the birth of Christ, until El Dia de la Candelaria where the Nativity is put away for the year.

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Home Is Where The Mex Is.

Mi Tierra Bakery

I always wondered why it is called Tex-Mex.  Wikipedia explains it as a term used to describe a regional American cuisine that blends food products available in the United States and the culinary creations of Mexican-Americans influenced by the cuisines of Mexico.

Wikipedia goes on to state that the Tex-Mex cuisine originated hundreds of years ago when Spanish/Mexican recipes combined with Anglo fare, and that most recently, has spread from Border States such as Texas and those in the Southwestern United States to the rest of the country.

I have always known the cuisine to be a mix of the essence of Mexico, infused with the taste and flavors that the native born Mexican-American Texan could prepare with the products available and what their meager wages could afford.

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A Lucky Way to Start the Year.

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So, the holidays have come and gone, and you have eaten everything from tamales and champurrado to frijoles charros and bunuelos. Yum! If you’re like me, you love this time of year when it seems like every day is a smorgasbord of deliciousness.

It seems, though, that the holiday season is never complete without one key dish, and that is pozole.

Just as black eyed peas are common to eat for good luck in the U.S. for New Year’s Day, so too is pozole for Mexicans.

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