Ben Starr

The Ultimate Food Geek

Tag: El Dia de los Muertos

  • !!!OCTOBER!!!

    I admit it.  I’m an October junkie.  I can’t get enough of it.  October is the one month of the year when I come ALIVE!!! There’s something about the way the wind changes direction and starts to sound and feel a little uneasy, especially around sunset and at night.  Leaves start to change and fall,…

  • How to make “calaveras” or Mexican sugar skulls without meringue powder

    The net is an incredible place, because 10 years ago, if I wanted to make “calaveras,” which are those sugar skulls that kids and lovers give each other for the Mexican holiday El Dia de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead), how on earth would I have figured out how to do that without…