Sugar Skulls are a hot item for Dia de los Muertos and if you plan on making your own this year, you will need to get some supplies.  Your local candy shop may carry the items, so call ahead to make sure.  If they don't, you will need to order them online and shipping may take a while so start your quest now.  If you wait too long, you will end up paying exorbitant shipping fees in order to get everything on time.  Learn more about this festive Mexican folk art with this article on the History of Sugar Skulls and also how to make your own.

Most Mexican and Tex-Mex restaurants serve up soft, chewy and steaming hot flour tortillas with their dishes. As you bite into the steaming hot tortilla you often wonder how do they get them so soft and pliable? The ones you buy from the store are often stiff and dry and if you heat them up in the microwave, they become rubbery.  If fresh tortillas are what you crave, then of course you should make your own.
But if your schedule doesn't allow you the luxury of making your own, you an still have delicious tortillas by heating the store-bought ones correctly. Read How to Heat Tortillas

Chiles can be a mystery to anyone who is not familiar with them.  But they add so much flavor to recipes and in many cases are the key ingredient, so it would be a shame to avoid them.  But before you go chopping up a chile and accidentally rubbing your eyes,  here is some information to help get you started.

• Check these tips for How to Handle Fresh Chiles before working with them.
• Find out about Different Spellings of Chiles.
• Learn a few ways to Reduce a Chile's Heat with these ideas.
• How to use Dried Red Chiles with Step by Step instructions.
• Learn  How to Roast Chiles

Green chiles are in season so take advantage of the fresh flavors with this Salsa Verde. It's a tangy salsa made with tomatillos, garlic, onion and lime and it's about a medium on the salsa heat scale for anyone sensitive to spiciness.  You can even reduce or leave out the jalapeno for a super-mild salsa.