I made my first pan de muerto bread leavened with pulque, the pre-Hispanic beverage made from the fermented sap known as aguamiel, extracted from the maguey (agave) plant. The sour elixir came in ...
What we call Halloween aligns with what Mexicans call Dia de Muertos—Day of the Dead—which is more about paying homage to ancestors than trick or treating, although children are given gifts of toys ...