KCRW: Bread, cloves, cinnamon: Rick Martínez shares meaning behind capirotada ingredients

“Hot cross buns, leg of lamb, spring peas, and glazed ham are a few traditional dishes served during Easter in the U.S. In Mexican Catholic households, capirotada is presented. A bread pudding that is served during Lent, author and cook Rick Martínez admits that he wasn’t a fan of the version with white bread and American cheese served in his 1970s childhood home in Austin.”