If a cactus could have attitude, the giant barrel variety might be excused for feeling a bit snubbed. The magnificent specimens — blooming brilliantly in this rain-washed season — get nowhere near the ...

MEXICO CITY — Even though it's illegal, bars of acitrón are stacked in nearly every stall at the Merced market in Mexico City. They look like lemon bars. But they're pieces of barrel cactus that have ...