![]() ![]() I want to see him suffer when he sees that his precious secret recipe isn’t so secret anymore.” “Including el panadero you stole it from?” “ Sí, quiero que lo mire todo el mundo-I want the whole world to see it.” “No me andes con misterios-don’t get all mysterious on me, okay? You want me to put this recipe on my blog, right?” Hasta lo puedo oler-I can even smell him.” ![]() "We all have our secrets, but I know yours-it’s a man. You can't expect me to tell you everything, que no? There are secrets every woman should keep to herself.” By a powerful but subtle force of will, the confident cool veneer came back to her face. Well, a-mi-ga, why are you doing this? Are you in some trouble?”Īlmost immediately, her face darkened and the haughty smiling María Felix mask fell off, revealing a shiny-eyed almost tearful wistfulness. I smiled back, but my middle-aged bones knew this muchacha’s motives were far from altruistic. A sort of sly conspiratorial grin came over her face. In large flowery writing was the recipe no panadero in town was willing to part with-pan dulce. “ Buenas tardes, Señora Clementina, that is your name, isn’t it? There is something I would like to show you.”ĭangling in front of my face was a piece of paper. All the while, her large eyes examined mine. She smiled with a kind of defiant confidence as if to say, ándale, stare at me all you want, see if I care. I could smell her Maja perfume, she was standing so close. It looked like she was dressed for a fiesta, but I got the feeling those lovely legs of hers had never seen the insides of a pair of jeans. There was a pair of 5-inch heels on her feet and a peacock blue satin sheath on her curvaceous canela-colored body. She was all ruby lips, high cheekbones and flowing dark hair. It was then when out of the corner of my eye I saw her step out of the shadows. I got down from my car and walked up to my gate. Foolish to think any panadero in his right mind would hand over to a stranger with a blog his super secret recipe for pan dulce. ![]() I drove home feeling more than a little annoyed at myself for wasting my precious gasoline and getting laughed out of every Mexican bakery in town. If the sauce is too thick, add more of the soaking water. Into a bowl pour the chile mixture through a wire mesh strainer to remove the tiny bits of peel. In small batches, take the chiles, garlic, onion and cloves along with some of the water and whirl them in a blender at medium speed. Drain the chiles, but save the water you soaked the chiles in. Use a plate or a large mug to press down the chiles. Place the chiles, cloves, garlic and onion in a bowl and just cover them with boiling water, making sure all of the chiles are submerged. Remove from heat, let cool slightly and peel the garlic. ![]() Add the unpeeled garlic and onion, and toast until they are soft and slightly charred. Over medium-high heat, toast the chiles on a lightly oiled comal for 30 - 40 seconds on each side. Remove all the seeds with your bare fireproof macha fingers. Toast and soak the chiles, garlic and onion: Take the chiles and cut off all the stems. Taza chocolate how to#Red Chile Sauce Recipe:9 dried guajillo chilesĭirections (for a visual tutorial on how to make Red Chile Sauce click here): Let them see their reflection through the magic mirror of a book. How can we convince them that it simply not the case?Ī book to read to our little ones at night antes que se van a dormir.Īnd introduce them to a story-friend who looks just like them.Īrroz con pollo just might be their thing. They say that we do not buy books for our children. If you read this article in The New York Times, you will understand why I’m asking you-no, begging you, amigas, to help me and my fellow Latina bloggers send a loud ¡grito! to those big New York-based publishers: Latino children’s books are not just a good investment, but the right thing to do. Please buy a Latino children’s book to read your children, your nietos o sobrinos-and no, it doesn’t have to be my children’s book (though it would be nice). I’ve come con las manos abiertas to ask you un gran favor. ![]()
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