"On Día de los Muertos, Marquez-Sharpnack has been able to connect three generations of her family in a single bite of food. We've included two of her Día de los Muertos recipes for decorative Mexican sugar skulls and mini lemon sugar skull cakes here, as well as a recipe for pan de muerto. Her cookbook, "Muy Bueno: Fiestas," along with " Dining With the Dead: A Feast for the Souls on Day of the Dead ," by Mariana Nuño Ruiz and Ian McEnroe, share family recipes they use to honor their late loved ones with food and ofrendas on Dia de los Muertos, celebrated Nov. 1 and 2."
"Marquez-Sharpnack's journey to sharing her recipes started in 2010 with a question from her then-8-year-old daughter, Maya, who wanted to learn more about her mom's cooking: "Do you have these recipes written down?" Of course not. Like so many family recipes, Marquez-Sharpnack's were stored in memory only. If she needed guidance, she'd call her mom to steer her back on track. But the thought of writing down the recipes made sense. Then she took it one step further: What if she stored them online so she could share them with the world? Her blog, Muy Bueno, was born."
Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack uses food as a conduit to connection and prepares favorite dishes twice yearly to honor her late grandmother, Jesusita Soza. Día de los Muertos becomes a moment to teach grandchildren family recipes and link three generations through shared flavors. Recipes include decorative Mexican sugar skulls, mini lemon sugar skull cakes, and pan de muerto. A cookbook and other titles document family dishes used to honor late loved ones with food and ofrendas. A 2010 prompt from her daughter led Marquez-Sharpnack to write down and publish family recipes online as the Muy Bueno blog, which grew into a livelihood.
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