Quieres mas?

by Copper Canyon Guy on 13/02/09 at 9:25 pm

Six am and I am plopped at the kitchen counter at Cabanas Diaz in the remote village of Areponapuchi sipping coffee and watching corpulent old Ophelia grind blue corn hominy. It’s the first step in making the tortillas we will enjoy with breakfast. Methodically she stokes the wood stove with dry mesquite stobs and looks at me with a warm suspicion. “¿Quieres mas?” she asks again. I shake my head slowly. Deep inside me I am satisfied to watch her…simply to experience with her this simple task.

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Chihuahua Cooking and Mexican Food | Authentic Copper Canyon

Feb 19th, 2010

[...] are big – including Machacha seen here drying on the ceiling at Cabanas Diaz in Areponapuchi. Also alot of poultry and pork are enjoyed- even goat [...]

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