Category: Recipes

Make Gyros At Home. It’s Easy & It’s National Gyro Day!

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Updated September 2026 September 1st is National Gyro Day, and the first thing you need to know is that gyro is pronounced YEE-ro, not JY-ro. Some people might then ask, “What’s a gyro?” We tell all below. Pita also has a national holiday: March 29th. On these two days and every day, we’re glad we…
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FOOD FUN: Stovetop Elote

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Elote, Spanish corn on the cob. Photo courtesy Good Eggs.   Elote is the Mexican version of corn on the cob, a popular street food. It is typically grilled, then served on a stick with a lime wedge, ancho chili powder and crumbled queso fresco. Elote is the Aztec (Nahuatl) word for what the corn…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Pozole (Posole) ~ Not Just For Special Occasions

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Much of what we know about Aztec customs is thanks to Bernardino de Sahagún (1499-1590), a Franciscan friar, missionary priest, scholar and ethnographer who traveled to New Spain* (current-day Mexico) after its conquest. Arriving in 1529, he learned the Nahuatl language of the Aztecs and spent more 61 years documenting their beliefs, culture and history.…
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