Rosca de Reyes highlights Three Kings Day in Valley communities
La Rosca De Reyes being made and for sale at La Mexicano Bakery and Cake Shop on Friday in Edinburg. Families across the Valley were preparing to celebrate Dia de los Reyes. Also known as Epiphany, the day is meant to honor the Three Wise Men, or Three Kings, who were said to have visited the infant Jesus and brought him gifts. The day marks the end of the Christmas season.
Koffee Klatch in Harlingen has a delicious breakfast menu
HARLINGEN — The quiet of morning greets me as I enter a dining room with tables filled by the breakfast hour.
Cocktails quench holiday thirst at Barrel House in Edinburg
EDINBURG — I was asked to do a sort of New Years Eve-themed review of a local restaurant. I was also told that I need to stop reviewing Mexican and barbecue restaurants.
Tacos Puente Viejo’s street tacos provide a culturally rich meal
BROWNSVILLE — Street tacos.
Edinburg family’s tamales tradition full of chaos, craziness, and quality time
There is indisputable evidence indicating that tamales are the glue that brings families together during the holidays. One only has to look around at Christmastime. There’s a dozen everywhere you look, and people you love (we hope) gathered around.
Photo Gallery: Edinburg family’s tamales tradition full of chaos, craziness, and quality time
EDINBURG — For Josefina Segovia and her daughter Letty Segovia Luna, 63, both of Edinburg, making tamales for Christmas has become a tradition that’s been passed down from mother to daughter from generation to generation.
Feast of Sharing held in Weslaco for those hungry for brisket, community
WESLACO — The heavenly aroma of brisket lingered in the air while children laughed and parents ate to their hearts' content, and volunteers quickly moved from station to station, dutifully attending to every need.
Human Bean opens new location in McAllen
Coffee, coffee, coffee.
La Estacion’s Concha Caliente con Crema will warm the soul
McALLEN — I have been slighted.
El Fenix Café in Mercedes still going strong
MERCEDES — The chorizo and egg breakfast taco lays bare its charms, enticing me with its aromas and the memories of those aromas.
