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Nov 5

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El Dia de los Muertos

As a ritual based, Latin American food holiday, el Dia de los Muertos has kept me busy.  After stopping through some my favorite Sunset Park’s Mexican bakeries, I did my first piece for Edible Brooklyn’s Notable Edibles: Bread of the Dead.  Visiting el Museo del Barrio, I was also able to cover this years altars, on display through November 11, for the Daily News Viva section.  The Latin Kitchen posted my empanaditas de calabaza recipe and I made pumpkin atole for the Cooking Channel’s Devour.  Lingering over baroque altars and autumnal spices seemed strange at times, but as always it was lovely visit.

Nov 1

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Pan de Muerto

I first came across pan de muerto, or “bread of the dead” in the long stretch of Mexican bakeries and stores in Sunset Park.  Placed on family altars for el Día de los Muertos (November 1 & 2) as an offering to their deceased loved ones, I asked everyone I knew how they’d celebrated in Mexico and whether they continued to do so in the States. Read more