“When a dish is not cooked in clay, it doesn’t taste the same,” Mexicans say. Housewives and well-known chefs in Mexico claim that clay pots enhance the flavor of their recipes. Clay was the main component of the first kitchen utensils in pre-Hispanic Mexico, and it is still an essential material in the country’s cookware. …
A green Mediterranean diet – the regular vegetable-loaded one, only with the addition of walnuts and green shakes – reduces the prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) by half, Israeli researchers recently found. NAFLD affects 25% to 30% of people in the United States and Europe. While some fat is normal in the liver, …
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Venezuela has a varied repertoire of sweets made possible by the arrival of sugar cane. During colonial times, Venezuelans saw the rise of a thriving sugar industry based on African labor. They produced brown sugar panes called papelones (papelón in singular) and refined white sugar. Both are part of Venezuelan desserts today. “Papelón is used …
A Los Angeles neighborhood in the 1980s was where the Mara Salvatrucha emerged. Also called MS13, the gang’s original purpose was to protect immigrants who came to the United States from El Salvador, fleeing their homeland’s Civil War. However, MS13 broadened its motivations and spread throughout Central America, Mexico, the U.S. and several countries in …
In the New Testament, the Gospel of Luke states, “the things which are impossible with men are possible with God.” Several anecdotes tell of inexplicable miracles throughout Latin America among the believers of the Virgin Mary, Jesus’ mother. But through skeptic’s eyes, there is a question based in reason — Do miracles exist? Although Protestantism …
Mexicans are very proud of their quesillo, a unique cheese. The story of its creation goes back to Reyes Etla, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. Legend has it that teenager Leobarda Castellanos García was minding the milk to make cheese when she got distracted and the milk curdled beyond its ideal point. To keep …
The main staple of Mexican cuisine is salsa, a sauce that comes in different interpretations including spicy, thick, mild or creamy. But there is one unique salsa, even among such variety – the “pico de gallo” (rooster’s beak). Pico de Gallo is not a liquid sauce, but a solid one, and its spiciness can vary. …
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The hueseros, or sobadores (bonesetters) are an integral and deeply rooted part of Mexican and Latin American culture and identity. However, despite the cultural ties, not everyone has gone to a huesero, and those that have don’t always recommend them. Hueseros carry out a special type of healing, a cheaper alternative to conventional medicine. For …
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El “chinchulín” es conocido en Latinoamérica por varios nombres: en Venezuela lo llaman “chinchurria”, en Chile “chunchules”, en Perú es “choncholín”. Los colombianos hablan de “chunchullo” o “chunchulo” y para los mexicanos es “tripa de leche”. Este producto proviene de Francia e Italia en donde está autorizada su elaboración (por lo que se considera un …
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Galapagos Islands, Ecuador – Following a relaxation in Ecuadorian government laws to boost the slowing, tourism-reliant economy in the pandemic, marine life in the Galápagos Islands faces risk from controversial longline fishing methods. The commercial technique uses hundreds of hooks that are baited to catch fish but include endangered species like seabirds, turtles and sea …
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