With just a bit of thought and creativity, a side salad can be transformed into a filling gourmet meal that’s of restaurant caliber.
Mexico Life
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NGO’s mission to aid repatriated Mexicans looks northward for support
New Comienzos helps deportees adjust to life in Mexico. For the first time, the NGO is seeking connections in the United States.
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Artisan forges beauty, utility from waste on the forest floor
A crafts class 15 years ago and a leap of faith transformed Marina Bañuelos from a busy workaday mom into Jalisco’s queen of pine needle art.
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Through a pandemic, silversmith stays dedicated to his Mazahua heritage
This former dentist who entered his family’s jewelry-making tradition keeps alive an indigenous artisan item that almost went extinct.
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Querétaro Magical Town charms with its quiet delights
It’s easy to see why Bernal is designated as a Magical Town when you walk down its picturesque cobblestone streets.
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Maya ruins of Ek’ Balam pack much to see in a small footprint
The ancient city’s perimeter only measures one kilometer, but with 1600 years of occupation, it left behind a visual feast for visitors.
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This summer, hydrate the fun way — with endless variations on lemonade
Mexico, where limes are fresh and ubiquitous, is a great place to expand your horizons with the many recipes out there for this cooling drink.
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Is Cuauhtémoc buried in Guerrero, or is his grave an elaborate hoax?
In 1949, artist Diego Rivera announced the discovery of the warrior’s grave. Indigenous groups and academics are still debating its veracity.
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Idyllic water park nestled in nature began with 300 pesos and a dream
Don Salvador loved the El Manto waterfall near his Nayarit hometown so much as a boy that as an adult, he turned it into his life’s work.
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Want to know Mexico’s history? Read its street signs
Most countries have street names to preserve the memory of historic events and people, and certainly, Mexico is no exception.
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Puebla artist helps Aztec dancers preserve ancient traditions
Santos Popoca started painting Mesoamerican images on costumes for performers four years ago and found in it a calling.
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Film featuring Michoacán’s monarch butterflies takes flight at film festivals
‘Son of Monarchs’ by Alexis Gambis has been winning prizes at several United States film festivals this year, including Sundance.
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Put a fresh new spin on old favorites by adding vitamin-rich nopal cactus
Nopal cactus is one of the more unusual foods to encounter at the mercado, but Mexicans love it with everything from steak to tacos.
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Diverse Baja migrant community finds pride, identity, connection in murals
Artists Julia Celeste and Rogelio Santos use street art to improve community ties in San Quintín, a poor rural farming area near Ensenada.
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Dining out in Mazatlán: breakfast and brunch by day, Thai by night
There’s an exciting wave of eateries opening in Mazatlán run by a new generation of locals who dare to look beyond the traditional.
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In a tiny, remote Michoacán community, Purépecha artisans embroider award-winning designs
A pair of women’s artisan collectives in the tiny community of Zipiajo work together for mutual success.
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Green vistas, big cats, caves make Sierra Lalo’s secrets worth the search
The 240,000 hectares of this remote Jalisco locale features wildlife, stalactite-filled caverns and a scary ghost story to tell back home.
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Crocodiles turn out to be much easier to wrangle than fame-hungry locals
In “The Crocodile Chronicles,” Part 4, Bodie Kellogg confronts reality TV’s unreality and fields a local official wanting in on the action.
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When the medical diagnosis is given in Spanish, that’s when the fun begins
In for a checkup demanded by insurance, Joseph Sorrentino visited a helpful Mexican doctor who may have told him he was very sick — or not.
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Cyclist on 4-year (and counting) trip to Alaska currently in Mexico
When the information technology worker first decided to bike from his Uruguay hometown to Alaska, friends thought he’d be back in a month.
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It’s time to take advantage of the abundance of cantaloupe
With a few tips, you too can pick up a perfectly ripe, delicious specimen of this melon, which goes in everything from cocktails to salsa.
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Artist’s neighborhood murals enshrine community strength and unity
Paola Delfín’s towering images of average people on city buildings are based on the real-life residents she meets wherever she goes to paint.
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Drowned by Mexico’s thirst, underwater towns emerge during drought
Seeking to modernize, the nation entered a dam-building period from 1910 through the 1980s, with whole communities sacrificed in the process.
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If Pancho Villa fought the Revolution today, he’d do so as José Arango
What’s in a name? When you’re a foreigner living in Mexico and dealing with Mexican bureaucracy? Quite a lot, it turns out.
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Chef and Oaxacan cuisine authority got her start in grandma’s kitchen
Celia Florián’s first job was at a bank. But she never forgot the childhood joy of learning to cook from the women in her family.
