Interview with baker and singer Eliceo Lara
Presented by: Rocio Carvajal Food anthropologist, culture & gastronomy educator.
Episode 76
This episode explores many topics related to art, music, painting and life in New Spain (Mexico) during the colonial period closing down with Mexican baking and pastry traditions.
My guest: Eliceo Lara is a talented Mexican baker and accomplished singer with a deep interest in history and literature. We indulged in a warm talk covering many of our mutual interests, it was a joy to close down 2021 with him.
Contact Eliceo:
Website: https://mexicanbaking.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eliceolara
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–MUSIC FEATURED ON THE EPISODE-
“Xicochi Conetzintle” (Nahuatl) by Gaspar Fernandez (1566–1629). Album: El Nuevo Mundo. By: Jordi Savall
https://tinyurl.com/yjx4ycbb
“Dios itlazo nantzine” (Nahutl) Hernando Franco (1532 – 1585).
Album: Angelic Voices Chill Pill. By: SAVAE
https://youtu.be/5QuJVGjKS0k
“Hanacpachap cussicuinin” (Quechua) Juan Pérez de Bocanegra. (1598 – 1631).
Album: Corpus Christi à Cusco. By: Schola Cantorum Cantate Domino and Ensemble Elyma
https://youtu.be/WGNCCSJBPIY
“Cachua Serranita”. By Baltasar Jaime Martínez Compañón. Codex Martínez Compañón (c.1782–1785).
Concierto: Coral Reyes Bartlet y Amerike Ensamble. Puerto de la Cruz. Tenerife, 1993.
https://tinyurl.com/yjegbnv8
“La Sol Fa Mi Re”. Gaspar Fernandez (1566–1629).
Album: Música Virreinal Mexicana. By: Ars Nova. Música mexicana
https://tinyurl.com/yeoln8hf
“Por celebrar del infante” By Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695).
Album: Le phénix du Mexique. By: Cor Vivaldi Els Petits Cantors de Catalunya.
https://tinyurl.com/ygbwre2k
“Tarará, que yo soy Antón”. By Antonio de Salazar. (1650 -1715)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F96v0UGq5tU
-RECOMMENDED BOOKS-
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Selected Works. by Juana Inés de la Cruz Translated by Edith Grossman. https://amzn.to/3cHhxsA
Casta Painting: Images of Race in Eighteenth-Century Mexico. by Ilona Katzew https://amzn.to/3CIwZiR
