How many of these Guatemalan candies can you name? How many have you tried? Dulces de cabecera, or headboard candies or sweets, is what many of a combination of these traditional Guatemalan sweets are called around All Saints Day and Day of the Dead. If you ask me, I think tombstone candies might be a … Read more
This is the look of the typical Guatemalan sweets booth at town fair. If when you visit Guatemala you can not find a town fair happening near Antigua Guatemala, you can always take a short trip to San Felipe which happens to have this kind booths all year round. What kind of Guatemalan sweets are … Read more
Okay, it’s Friday and it’s time to give a free post card away again. Today’s game is very simple: the person that can name the most typical candies and nuts in Spanish from the photo above, wins this photo as a post card, which I will mail using the snail-mail postal service, including the Guatemalan … Read more
In Guatemala we celebrate Día de Todos Los Santos (All Saints Day) on November 1 and Día de Los Fieles Difuntos (Day of the Dead) on November 2. For these holidays Guatemalans prepare a very special once-a-year meal that goes by the name of fiambre. Guatemalans also spend time with the family at the cemetery … Read more