The Potato

By Terry Sovil from the June 2015 Edition My good friend Carlos and I were in Centro Manzanillo. It is late morning and lunch sounds good. We pop into a busy local restaurant. Part of the meal is potato salad. Is that Mexican? Back in Minnesota, United States, we had a fast food restaurant called “Taco […]

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AZTEC MEDICINE

By Kirby Vickery from the June 2015 Edition Over the past year I have had a lot of fun telling Aztec mythology stories. I have come to believe that their society was a lot closer to their mythology than other ancient peoples. For western man most all mythology belief has melded, into religion in one form […]

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Jicama

By Manzanillo Sun Writer  from the June 2015 Edition More Than Just a Vegetable It is often a challenge to identify or to try unknown vegetables and fruits when shopping and touring the local markets in Manzanillo (or elsewhere in Mexico). Since you don’t know what they are one might just ignore them until one day […]

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At The Movies-Suits

By Suzanne A. Marshall from the June 2015 Edition (Netflix series) 4 seasons Starring: Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams, Gina Torres, Meghan Markle, Sarah Rafferty, Rich Hoffman Created by: Aaron Korsh “In Suits, one of Manhattan’s top corporate lawyers (Gabriel Macht) sets out to recruit a new hotshot associate and hires the only guy that impresses […]

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Blood Leaf- I Planted Roots In Mexico

By Tommy Clarkson from the June 2015 Edition Scientific Name: (Iresine herbstii) Family               : Amaranthaceae Also known as: Chicken Gizzard, Beefsteak, Beetroot Plant or Formosa Bloodleaf Beefsteak would be tough enough to be known as if you were, in fact, an attractive, quiet sort of non-threatening plant, but Chicken Gizzard? Ya’ simply gotta’ love any plant […]

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A little about June

By Kirby Vickery from the June 2015 Edition I’ll bet that when you sat down to read this you thought it would be another one of those essays where the author lists out a whole bunch of things about the month and then glorifies some of the numerous happenstances which have occurred in various places. According […]

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