Today is Palm Sunday, the day the Lord made his triumphant entry into Jerusalem. Mexico is a deeply Christian country, where religious holidays punctuate daily life and imbue the culture with genuine fervor. This day brings back a wave of sweet and powerful emotions: childhood memories spent with Grandma Rose. This extraordinary woman illuminated my early years with so much love and tenderness. She lived very close to me and was so much more than a grandmother: she was my refuge, my...

Mexicans don't eat corn, they WORSHIP it... for 7000 years credit: Grok The Aztec gods: “What are we going to create Man with? Clay? No, too fragile. Mud? Too dirty. A rib? Seriously… Okay, we'll make him with corn dough, it's more malleable.” And there you have it, Man was born: 60% tortilla, 40% religion. credit: Grok But masa (dough made from ground corn) doesn't just magically appear! To transform corn into edible gold, there's nixtamalization—a big word for an ancient technique dating...

The further I progress in my grand Mexican adventure, the more convinced I am that this country was tailor-made for me and that I'll eventually find a cozy little corner to settle down in. Since my arrival, I've often been asked THE question: "Why did you leave Canada to come here?" And "What are you really looking for in Mexico?" Well, the perfect place is subjective, but after traveling all over the world, and especially in Mexico, my criteria have become as refined as a good tequila....