Capirotada, a traditional Mexican Lent dessert, can be found at restaurants like El Ranchito in Dallas.(Lola Gomez / Staff Photographer) More than any other dish, capirotada is a dessert ...

While our favorites are strawberry shortcake or a tangy lemon meringue pie, culinary anthropologist and chef Claudette Zepeda's first choice is always capirotada. Capirotada is often mistaken for ...

And preparing the capirotada ahead of time allows the bread to absorb the spiced piloncillo syrup. Put it in the oven while ...

Increasingly rare on Mexican tables, the capirotada is the quintessential dessert of the Lenten season in the country, not only because of its variety of flavors and textures, but because it ...