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Food
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November 21, 2008 by Dolores Brittingham - read bio
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Mexico’s Pan Dulce
When I was a little girl living in Seattle many, many, years ago, we were the only Mexicans in the area at that time, so when and if we ran into a fellow Mexican we practically hugged him or her to death. We were so happy for the connection! Needless to say there were no Mexican bakeries there either. Years later, when my sister won a scholarship to the University of Washington from a Mexican ...
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October 12, 2008 by Dolores Brittingham - read bio
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Boating Meal Recipes
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The History of Pork and Hominy
Corn was cultivated in the Americas at least 2,500 years before the arrival of Europeans in the fifteenth century; as for pigs, the Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto is said to have had thirteen of them aboard ship when he and a party of men landed near present-day Tampa on the west coast of Florida in 1539. Hernando Cortez and his conquistadors reportedly took pigs with them when they invaded Mexico earlier in the sixteenth century.
Corn h...
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September 12, 2008 by Dolores Brittingham
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The Power of Flowers
Humanity has been eating flowers for millennia; the first written record of flowers as food was made in 140 B.C. Among the most common and delicious culinary flowers are squash blossoms.
They're used in Spain and Italy, as well as in Central and South America and Mexico, where squash blossoms appear not only as food but also stylized in decorative art. Preparations range from taco and quesadilla fillings, frittatas, to an elegant classic soup, crema de flore...
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July 29, 2008 by Dolores Brittingham - read bio
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Manila – Acapulco – Manila Trade
The Manila-Acapulco trade galleons were Spanish ships that sailed once or twice per year across the Pacific Ocean between Manila in the Philippines and Acapulco, Mexico. The route name changed reflecting the city that the ship was sailing from. Service was inaugurated in 1565 and continued into the early 19th century. The Mexican War of Independence put a permanent stop to the galleon sailings. Though service was not started until almost 50 years af...
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July 04, 2008 by Dolores Brittingham, Food Expert - read bio
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Mexico's Most Famous Culinary Preparation: MOLE
Most people associate mole with either Puebla or Oaxaca , but the origin of mole poblano, the thick, rich, chocolate-tinged sauce made so famous in the colonial mountain city of Puebla, Mexico, is still disputed, and generally involves these two versions of the legend:
The first says that 16th Century nuns from the Convent of Santa Rosa in Puebla de los Angeles, upon learning that the Archbishop was coming for a visit, went into a panic beca...
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June 27, 2008 by Dolores Brittingham - read bio
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Meet Dolores Brittingham, Food Expert
Editor’s Notes:
If you were to ask Dolores Brittingham what she likes to do best, she would say, “I love to cook, and gourmet cooking is my passion.” Like all people who love to cook, she enjoys sharing it with others. Dolores defines gourmet as a person who likes and is an excellent judge of fine foods and drinks.
Years ago she was asked by the owner of a prestigious cooking school in Seattle if she would join the staff, ...
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