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Article: !Viva! !Viva! !Cinco de Mayo! (Mexican menu and recipes)
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- May 1, 1994
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Celebrates Mexico's Independence Day with a fajitas fiesta
IN THE WEST, CINCO de Mayo is celebrated with more of a Fourth-of-July kind of hoopla than it is in Mexico. There, solemn parades and thoughtful speeches commemorate a battle on May 5, 1862, in the city of Puebla, when Mexican patriots forced troops of France's Napoleon III to retreat. Without this victory, it's possible that our southern neighbors would be conversing in French.
In the United States, Cinco de Mayo has become an occasion to eat and party. Agustin Gaytan, a chef, cooking instructor, and consultant in Berkeley, California, honors the independence of his native land with a barbecue ...