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How to tie Huarachis…footwear of the Raramuri
What are huarachis? These simple little sandals are worn year round by the natives of the Sierra Madres. Christopher McDougal has written about them in “Born to Run”. Often Tarahumara feet will be dry, crusted, and sometimes a little wounded from banging around the hills in these things. They do protect pretty well actually and [...]
Full StoryAuthentic Copper Canyon trips are a value.
Our trips are like the big boys (REI and Natl Geographic- go check em out and you will see how we compare) with two differences. Not only are we way way less expensive (like at least $1000 cheaper), but our trips have that special cultural edge: 1. Authentic Copper Canyon gives you much more of [...]
Full StoryThe Fascinating Foods and Mexican Cooking of the Copper Canyon Area
Chihuahua foods are a cooking delight and very delicious- and cooking trips are available.
Full StoryBlue Corn in Copper Canyon
Blue corn…they raise the stuff there and use it often. We enjoy it usually as tortillas and often staight off the wood stove top early in the day. Here in the orchard at Cabanas Diaz in Areponapuchi, Armando is showing us some young ears which we enjoyed as sweet corn a few minutes later with [...]
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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 [...]
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