May 2016

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Carlos Martinez joins the festivities during the St. Cecilia Cinco de Mayo Fiesta at St. Cecilia School and Academy in St. Louis Thursday, May 5, 2016. The event was a fundraiser for the school. Photo by Sid Hastings

On the eve of Cinco de Mayo, Noemi Jimenez and Araceli Santander showed up at St. Cecilia School and Academy in south St. Louis at 5 p.m. Joined by three other moms from the parish, they took over the school’s kitchen to cook some of the top delicacies from their native Mexico.