Proud Mexican-American Women in Brooklyn Who Make a Widely Distributed Homemade Mole Sauce
Great Big Story went to Brooklyn in order to visit with the Mole Poblano Asuncion Corp., a shop in Brooklyn, New York where three generations of Mexican-American women (grandmother Damiana Bravo, daughters, and granddaughter) prepare a homemade mole sauce from a special recipe that Damiana brought to the States from her hometown of Puebla.
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