Mention capirotada to María Castro, and she's lost in memories of a hard but happy childhood in the Mexican countryside. Mention it to Laura Murillo, and she's transported to the sights and scents of ...
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 ...
The bread was burned. Smoke swirled around the frying pan. Most of the cheese had turned moldy. And where was that last, crucial tomatillo husk? I was trying to make capirotada, the bread pudding that ...
Got any old bread laying around? Perhaps a loaf that, once you scrape off all the little societies that have been growing on it, still has edible bread in the middle? Well then, I’ve got good news.
As Christians mark the 40 days of Lent — a season of sacrifice that begins on Ash Wednesday and culminates just before Easter — one Los Angeles baker is returning to a dish layered as richly with ...