Morelia. Part III: Fullfilling a Dream in our Farewell

By: Carlos Dragonné and Elsie Mendez

Dawn breaks with that sadness sensation always present in goodbyes. Today is our last day in Morelia and, from the terrace where we enjoy a coffee that helps us to fully awake and breath the air of a city saying goodbye, Madero Avenue show us the path to what is going to be the last step in this journey. There’s a silence that only ends when Erick Legaria arrives to takes us to our destination and, after saying hello, he gives us a book that narrates the oral tradition recovering process he’s been working on from some time now in Michoacan.

Morelia Part II. A message from the pink quarry stone

Text by: Carlos Dragonné

Experience lived by Elsie Méndez

It is said that for knowing Morelia, you have to walk it and, listening to those who live here, after a delicious breakfast at the hotel’s terrace with a view of Madero Avenue that points to everything in our way, I took the streets. It looks like, from the first moment, a message is waiting for me to remember something. I wonder what the message is between the buildings in this day that starts now.

The International Gourment Festival in Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit

The International Gourmet Festival in Puerto Vallarta & Riviera Nayarit – the first of its kind in Mexico has become a tradition to promote the great and innovative gastronomy in this extraordinary World Resort. Not competition, but a special emphasis on a friendly and creative exchange between grand masters of the art of cooking and young talents from all over the world is the reason of this gathering together.

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Rick Bayless & Frontera News - Rick Bayless | Frontera

The Legacies Grow Stronger and Travel Over the World

Today a special date is marked in Flavors of Mexican Cuisine's history. The creator of this project is leaving the nest and opening his wings on the wind to take with him the best of the history, roots, legacies and experiences of the Mexican Family and share everything with Brazil.

Back in the summer of 2008, Emmanuel Prieto started the project from a long time dream his mother had, and thanks to the support and guidance of great masters in tourism industry and Mexican gastronomy, who filled him with inspiration and pride, this became a reality that, everyday, is getting bigger and stronger.

DAY OF THE DEAD SPECIAL TOUR IN MICHOACAN, MEXICO 2010

Michoacán

One of the most diverse states in the country, it is a place where indigenous traditions are conserved at the same time that it boasts a rich Spanish legacy. Its attractions range from the Colonial city of Morelia, a World Heritage site, to virgin beaches such as Maruata, Nexpa or Faro de Bucerías; and it also includes small traditional towns around the lake in Pátzcuaro and the monarch butterfly sanctuary. In Michoacán, people who changed the course of the country’s history were born, like leaders from the Independence José María Morelos and Josefa Ortíz de Domínguez, and former president Lázaro Cárdenas. 

Every Morning Starts With Coffee

By Carlos Dragonne

I went to breakfast with a friend a couple of days ago and something happened that, actually, happens all the time. Almost instantly, we ordered an espresso for me, and an American coffee with double charge for him. However, that day it came to our mind that every person we know do the same thing over and over when they arrive at a restaurant or waking up at home, even. Coffee has become an important part of our day-by-day actions and it’s a major element of stories, chats, romance and break ups. This scent, created in Arabia in the 15th century and taken through all over the world by Europeans by the 17th century has been with us in cheerful moments, such as that first date and, also, has been a great refuge for cold and lonely days.

About heritage and origins

About heritage 

Every time we talk about how Flavors of Mexican Cuisine was born, there’s always someone who asks “and when did this idea come from?” We could say back in our first photographic exposition “Human Heritage sites in Mexico” which was presented in more than 27 countries and allowed us to know more about the great interest in Mexico, in special those places that rarely get mentioned or promoted. In each of these places where we showed up, a set of complementary events was elaborated, including the inauguration where the assistants always commented that what they liked the most was the food and that they would not let themselves miss the opportunity to assist to places or events where they knew they would get the chance to taste everything it was offered. At the end of this project, there was no doubt that we had to do something around this because it was clear that these people did not have the foundations for this type of gastronomy but, they did have a greater curiosity for knowing and experimenting more of the great gastronomy of our country.