From the fine folks at Tucson Meet Yourself, their latest online newsletter features a video from one of Maribel Alvarez’s UA folklore students that’s worth your time (don’t blame us if it makes you hungry and in the mood to listen to more Agustin Lara):
Food and Love. The two have been connected through the ages. Our speech is sprinkled with phrases about seduction, satisfaction, longing, indulgence, moderation that often implicate both basic human needs: affection and nourishment. Jose Serrano, a student in Dr. Maribel Alvarez’s folklore course “Food Narratives” this fall has produced a beautiful video honoring his “Grandma’s Gorditas.”
Grandma’s Gorditas-HD 720p from J. Serrano on Vimeo.
This article appears in Dec 27, 2012 – Jan 2, 2013.
Loved it!
And now I want a gordita!
how can we get her recipe?… it looks amazing!….
Gracias, Mari, for posting such a charming video!
Which made me nostalgic for the first time this emigrant from Connecticut encountered a gordita.
Which was at a Saturday morning market somewhere in the beautiful state of Colima, Mexico.
But the gorditas I savored there were snuggled into a big, fat tortilla made from maiz (AKA -corn.)
Do you know of anywhere in Tucson I can find a genuine gordita that isn’t plopped onto a greasy tortilla made out of white flour?