For Mother's Day, a mother shares her food memories of Mexico

In honor of Mother's Day, critic Patricia Escárcega asked her mother to share memories of growing up in Mexico.
Patricia Escárcega • Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2020
Happy Mother’s Day weekend. This marks my first Mother’s Day as a mom, and I’m pretty thrilled to spend it celebrating with my young daughter. (I suspect breakfast will involve fluffy, homemade pancakes.) With most of us under quarantine, the...
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