Mexican-Inspired Holiday Recipes and Tablescapes

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Halloween season is over and now we’re all thinking ahead to the holiday season. What can we do to make this year just a little more special, and fill the month leading up to it with joy?

One way is to beautify your dinner table by adding a little bit of culture into the mix. Even better if you can reach back to habits and traditions of women in your ancestral lineage to liven up your holidays.

Christina’s great grandparents arrived from Oaxaca to San Francisco and were said to have opened up several Mexican restaurants in the area. Here’s some ways they would recommend you add a little bit of their homeland into your kitchen, place settings and tablescapes.

Cranberry Chile sauce
Cranberry Chile sauce
Elote Cornbread with Cotija
Elote Cornbread with Cotija
Candlelight & Marigolds
Candlelight & Marigolds
Pumpkin empanadas
Pumpkin empanadas
mexican inspired Thanksgiving tablescape
mexican inspired Thanksgiving tablescape
Hibiscus Margarita
Hibiscus Margarita
Chorizo and chili stuffing
Chorizo and chili stuffing
jicama-orange salad
jicama-orange salad

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