1/2 cup Mexican queso blanco, shredded or thinly sliced Cook’s notes: Piloncillo is a Mexican dark brown sugar with a high molasses content. 1. In a large saucepan, boil water with the next four ...

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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 ...

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.

Tacos may very well be the perfect food, but let’s face it, the standard Meximerican fare can get a bit stale after a while. Taco the Town is here to highlight some of the more unusual Mexican finds ...

More than any other dish, capirotada is a dessert identified as the most traditional of Mexican cuisine during the Lent season. Many Hispanics have memories of their grandmothers or mothers preparing ...

When we think of spring we think of flowers peeking out from the thawed earth, store shelves lined with jelly beans and gooey Cadbury eggs, and all those amazing spring desserts. While our favorites ...

Sweet and savory capirotada was an expression of Grandmother Petra's love for her family, especially at Christmastime. She never wrote it down, so... All Things We're Cooking is a series featuring ...