Hermosillo

Where to Eat and Drink -- and Buy Cowboy Boots -- in Hermosillo, Sonora (Part 2)

The problem with traveling to eat is that by 11 a.m., with terrible coffee, pastries, tortillas and seafood in my stomach, I was full to the point of wanting nothing more than a nap in an air-conditioned room. You know that sun that spreads out throughout the Valley of the Sun? That same sun focuses ... More >>

Where to Eat and Drink in Hermosillo, Mexico

A few weeks ago, I started counting the years since I've visited my hometown of Hermosillo. After removing my socks so the writing may continue, and hitting the very high number of 10 fingers and 7 toes, I was glad to have toes to spare, but I panicked at my increasing age and resolved to stop the c ... More >>

Hot Toppings: Minerva's Favorite Mexican Hot Sauces

Growing up in Hermosillo, in northern Mexico, in the 1980s, my school lunchbox was filled with healthy and delicious snacks of juicy orange wedges, crunchy cucumber spears, jicama slices drizzled with lime juice and sprinkled with salt and chile powder, and a cold can of Jumex brand mango nectar. I ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Thanks Mexican Authorities for Helping Returning His Escaped Inmate

There's something that's just so priceless about Sheriff Joe Arpaio having to thank the Mexican authorities for helping return an inmate who escaped from one of his jails months ago.From his general immigration-enforcement policies and the multiple racial-profiling lawsuits against him, to specific ... More >>

Dearest Taco, We're Over.

Dearest Taco: I'm sorry, but we have to break up. No, it isn't me; it's you. You've changed. You're not the same robust, cheap, and juicy meal you used to be. You used to be as big as my hand, now you're the length of my index finger. I thought portion sizes had grown out of control, but you've don ... More >>

Welcome to Minervaland

Welcome to Minervaland. In Minervaland, all food is Mexican -- or should be -- and tostadas are easily consumed all the way through without breaking. Strawberry ice creams bars can be found on every corner, every cup of coffee is face-smackingly strong and is always served with a concha; those dome ... More >>

Girl's Next Door

Anatomy of a Polvorone with Minerva Orduño Rincón of Muñeca Mexicana Handcrafted Food

See also: FnB Line Cook Minerva Orduño Launches Muñeca Mexicana Product Line When you're cooking, it's all about a dash of this and a splash of that. But baking is another matter, an exact science. In this series, we're going behind the bakery case and into the kitchens of some of Phoenix's fines ... More >>

FnB Line Cook Minerva Orduño Launches Muñeca Mexicana Product Line

Minerva Orduño Rincón, the pig-tailed line cook at FnB, swears she's not a pastry person by nature, citing her lack of patience for "all that measuring" as the reason. But the proof is in the pudding, or, in this case, the coyota ($3), an utterly delicious little Mexican pastry she began selling ... More >>

Let's Make it Official: Arizona Needs a State Food

Fear Is Killing Tourism in Rocky Point, Mexico, Though Tourists Are Relatively Safe There -- For Now

Cops Find 85 Pounds of Cocaine in Peoria Home. Three Arrests Made

Department of Public Safety"Cocaine's a hell of a drug" - Rick James​To the right is what 85 pounds of cocaine looks like. This pile of coke, as well as about $28,000 in cash, was found in a Peoria home yesterday by officers from the Department of Public Safety. The home, at 8014 W. Yucca Road i ... More >>

Honor Thy Father: The Inside Story of the Young Muslim Woman "Honor-Killed" by Her Father Because He Believed She'd Become Too Americanized

Easier Access to Rocky Point in Works; Governor Brewer Headed to Hermosillo This Weekend

Construction on a second lane into Mexico at the U.S. Port of Entry in Lukeville, the gateway to Rocky Point beaches, will begin by the middle of next year, state officials say. The easier cross-border access will be among the topics discussed this weekend at the Arizona-Mexico Commission Plenary Se ... More >>

Hermosillo, Mexico, Day-Care Fire Spurs Relief Fund by Phoenix Officials

Image: Wikimedia CommonsPhoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, Councilman Claude Mattox and officials with the Sister City program will kick off a fundraising effort this morning to benefit families of children burned in a Mexico day-care facility fire. At least 44 children were killed in the blaze. Abou ... More >>

Transnational Pastime

Phoenix Sister Cities are doin’ it for themselves at Hance Park

“The Mexican American Mirror” at Phoenix Museum of History traces Phoenix’s Latin roots

Latino Bar Business Down on Big Fight Night, Thanks to Sheriff Joe What's-His-Name

Hen Party

The hellacious hooter watches Mayor Goober lay a colossal huevo, and wishes a heavenly millstone on the neck of a nativist numskull

Suffer the children: St. Joseph's and the sad death of Joe Arvizu.

¡Viva Radio!

El Break proves there's more to Spanish-language radio than ranchero music

Do or Die

For most Mexicans who're flooding our borders, it's a life-or-death choice

A Chance to Focus Inward

Ugly urban sprawl's the problem, not drought. Metro Phoenix has water to support 10 million souls

Snow Day

Family traditions find their way to Oasis Raspados' offerings

Spurs of the Moment

Art exhibit highlights best of the West

Us vs. Them

Make downtown attractive to locals, not to outsiders wearing knee socks and nametags. It only makes sense.

Some of the Beach

Scouring 16th Street for the tastes of seaside Sonora.

Rimsza Job

Skippy to Phoenix: "It's All Good"

Phoenix or Busted

The Valley is now the prime way station for ruthless smugglers engaged in the lucrative trafficking of human cargo -- illegal immigrants

City of Coke

Cocaine from Mexico is the currency that drives gangster economics

You May Already Be a Dupe

Ivan Reyna wins a contest and gets less than he bargained for

The Narc and the Smuggler in the Land of Plenty

A dying narcotics agent opens his files, and out pours Miguel, just one of a legion of Mexicans who embraced drug-running as their ticket to the American dream

Bordering on Exploitation

A couple hours from Phoenix, tens of thousands of Mexicans work on maquiladora assembly lines for $1 an hour, making the toys and tools of American convenience. Critics say the maquila system lets U.S. corporations maximize profits on the backs of Third W

Home to Las Playitas

A maquila worker's 600-kilometer trek to the farming village where she was born

DEA Papers List Canelos Firm

Drug Enforcement Administration records contain multiple references to a company controlled by a business partner of the Symington family

Visa Granted

Business partner of Symingtons gets pass good for one year

Symington Family Partner Under Suspicion

U.S. authorities suspect a Mexican vegetable grower with business ties to the Symingtons is involved in drug trafficking

Adios, Gringolandia!

Every weekend, about 1,400 vendors set up at the Great Southwestern Swap Meet in Phoenix. They sell a little bit of Mexico to people who need it.

The Mexican Connection

How Governor Symington misused state resources to further the cross-border business interests of his friends and family.

HAVE CREDIT, WILL TRAVELMORORISTS ENTERING MEXICO NOW NEED A MAJOR CARD

LOST IN THE TRANSLATIONTHE SPANISH VERSION OF THE STATE DRIVER'S MANUAL IS DOWNRIGHT LAUGHABLE

ASK MY CAT ABOUT COYOTE BREATH