MIRIAMS MEXICAN KITCHEN

My love of food began in a small village called Pabelo in Jalisco, Mexico. Picture a community general store and, in the doorway, a group of women sitting, while others stand in the kitchen nearby stirring pots of fresh beans and pressing masa for making fresh tortillas. This is where I grew up, and it has taken me almost all of my life to realize how extraordinary and unique it is to be from a place like this, to be forever bound to it and to have my entire life still resonate with memories of those early years... My parents had met in California. I was born in Los Angeles, but when I was only three years of age, my mother along with my brother and sister, returned to Pabelo, Jalisco to live near grandma. And then, seven years later, there we were, back in the United States... Adjusting to life in Oregon was a very important experience for me, and it was through food and hospitality that I felt myself truly incorporated. I believe with my whole heart that food brings people from all..