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An Appetizing Epic
Agustín de Iturbide tastes the first chile en nogada in Puebla after signing the Treaty of Córdoba. Some say it came from the Clarisas, a group of nuns in the Order of Saint Clare of Assisi. The lifespan of Azcárate Pérez de Traslosheros, one of the
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LAND OF PLEnTy
Subtropical jungles filled with the calls of migratory birds and brilliant flashes of butterfly wings. Thornscrub patrolled by indigo snakes and ocelots. Gulf Coast marshes where seabirds wheel and alligators scull beneath the boardwalks. In a state
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Party Platter
WHEN I WAS 10 years old—after living in Indiana my whole life—my parents moved us back to their home state of Texas. To celebrate, our extended family took us to The Round-Up Restaurant in Pharr, widely considered the fanciest Mexican eatery in the R

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