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Week #48 Guatemalan

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Carol

For our first foray into Guatemalan cuisine, Himself and I found a place with some inspiring history. Amalia’s is one of those great storied restaurants that was named for the resourceful woman who opened it. Widowed with several children at … Continue reading →

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Week #24 Oaxacan (Mexican)

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Carol

Lately this “52 Cuisines” project has been heavily weighted toward Asian food–obviously the blog itself has been!–so it’s time to visit a different hemisphere for awhile and explore another of Mexico’s many cuisines. The cuisine of Oaxaca, in southern Mexico, … Continue reading →

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Mex Without the Tex

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Carol

At the end of a tiny strip mall in Memphis’ Wolf River basin is Las Tortugas Deli Mexicana, where the Magallanes family brings authentic Mexican food to a city in which most so-called Mexican restaurants serve up things a citizen … Continue reading →

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