By MELISSA T. CASTRO Who doesn’t love using Mexico City’s EcoBici system to jaunt around town? On Sunday, July 22, the nation’s capital will be celebrating 11 years of this eco-friendly (and health-friendly) program. To mark the occasion, the Mexico City Environmental Secretariat (Sedema) will be hosting a race and a raffle, giving away 10 new fully equipped bikes. The
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By MELISSA T. CASTRO Today Mexico went to the polls. Maybe the result was not the one desired by all those who supported his opponents, Meade, Anaya or “El Bronco.” Today the important thing to remember is that Mexico is not a country defined by a single person or party. Mexico is a country defined by her population — a people
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS A small group of wives of ambassadors and other foreign diplomats accredited in Mexico had an up close and personal class on how to prepare Italian cuisine from Mauro Chiecchio, the head chef at the Alfredo di Roma restaurant inside Mexico City’s upscale Presidente InterContinental in Colonia Polanco on Tuesday, June 12. The cooking seminar included a
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By MELISSA T. CASTRO It’s one of those old go-to comfort foods for upset tummies or sore throats. Oatmeal – hulled oat grains that have been milled, steel-cut or rolled – has been around for centuries, and is a hardy and wholesome breakfast food, as well as a nutritious additive for breads and pastries, smoothies and soups. “Historically, oatmeal has
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By MELISSA T. CASTRO One could say that until you have visited a whisky distillery in the Scottish Highlands, you have never experienced the true essence of Scotch whisky and the peat soul that lies behind that rich smoky flavor. But if a jaunt around Scotland is not in your foreseeable future, you can always make do with a glass
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By MELISSA T. CASTRO A powerful earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale, hit Mexico on Friday, Feb. 16, at 5:39 p.m. local time, leading to mass hysteria and flashbacks of the horrors of last September, when two tremors wreaked billions of dollars in damages and left more than 300 people dead nationwide. Despite scenes
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In terms of numbers, the population of this majestic cat now oscillates between 2,500 and 10,000 mature individuals living in the wild
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In the 4th century you would have been able to do one-stop shopping by visiting the Forum Romanum, or Roman Forum
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