Pan de Muertos (Day of the Dead Bread) is a rich, sweet bread shaped into medium rounds and decorated with "bone" dough ropes. Its sweet, subtle anise flavor is enhanced with an orange glaze and ...

Bread to honor the dead and to be enjoyed by the living: Gusto Bread makes pan de muerto every fall for Día de Muertos. (Shelby Moore / Los Angeles Times) On an early fall morning, Gusto Bread ...

Mexico City’s Panadería Rosetta may be widely known for its acclaimed rol de guayaba, or guava pastry, but when October hits, it’s all about the pan de muerto, or bread of the dead, which is prepared ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The first bite is an assault to the senses. A sugary, citric, fluffy delight. “Pan de muerto” or “bread of the dead” is baked in Mexico every year, from early October to ...

La Mexicana bakery in Nashua has been baking nonstop this month. Owner Socorro Gonzalez is making batches and batches of pan de muerto, a popular offering for family ofrendas, or altars. “It has to be ...

On an early fall morning, Gusto Bread owner-baker Arturo Enciso ties on his yellow apron, puts Coltrane on the record player and makes himself an espresso. The October fog that rolls through the 4th ...

MEXICO CITY – The first bite is an assault to the senses. A sugary, citric, fluffy delight. “Pan de muerto” or “bread of the dead” is baked in Mexico every year, from early October to mid-November, ...

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