There are two types of Mexican sugar skulls: those made to eat and those made for decoration. Thankfully, Mexican cookbook author Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack has offered a solution, mini lemon sugar ...

Decorating the sugar skulls is one of the kids’ favorite activities in the household of Mexican cookbook author Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack. Her kids like to draw on them with royal icing, adding their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dia de los Muertos — the Day of the Dead — is a revered annual celebration in Mexico and many areas of the United States with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’ve ever seen an altar bursting with colorful flowers, candles and personal mementos, there’s a good chance you were looking ...

Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a tradition first practiced thousands of years ago by indigenous peoples such as the Aztecs and the Toltecs. They didn’t consider death the end of one’s ...

El Centro de la Raza's 13th annual Día de los Muertos exhibit will be open from November 2-20. While Halloween is prime time for ghosts, ghouls, zombies, and all the creepiness associated with death, ...

Dia de los Muertos — or “Day of the Dead” in Spanish — is a Mexican holiday celebrated on Nov. 1-2. Ornate and colorful “sugar skulls” are used as ornamental gifts, which many people assume to be ...

Click the image for a slideshow. Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) has mistakenly been called a Mexican Halloween (not!). Because of the use of skeletons and skulls, it has also been accused of ...