It’s prickly pear season and after almost 2 decades my mexican ‘nopales’ finally bore fruit for the first time! But, how did I get my Mexican cactus in SA? Here is the story…. About 20 years ago the Mexican embassy together with the South African government joined forces in a very unique, interesting and special project: a […]
For those of you that haven’t had the chance to do a bit of reading about Mexico’s history and culture; Teotihuacan is a UNESCO world heritage site about 50km out of Mexico City. It is one of many archaeological sites in Mexico that includes the ruins of an ancient civilization and some magnificent pyramids. We […]
In early March 2019, Hector Sr. and I (Megan – Azteca’s operations manager), headed to Mexico for a conference with La Costeña – one of the main suppliers of our imported Mexican food products. While it was a great opportunity to build relationships with the La Costeña team and our European counterparts, it was also […]
