To The Bone

To The Bone

Ground Truthing

Reading, recipes and research can only take you so far.

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Hank Shaw
Dec 16, 2022
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Hank Shaw in Hermosillo, Mexico.
Hey there from Hermosillo.

Sometimes you just have to be there.

I’ve written about my love, and research, into Mexican cuisine before, and a recent trip to the Sonoran capital of Hermosillo and its surroundings cemented one of the prime truths of knowledge: Experiential knowledge is the crushed chiltepin on top of the plate of understanding.

Sonora loves …

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