STOCKTON, Calif. — The mixer in the kitchen at Stockton’s La Victoria Panaderia can’t catch a break this week, but neither can its owner, Carmen Torres.
Before Sunday, she expects to sell at least 4,000 pieces of the traditional “pan de muertos” or “bread of the dead.”
The bread is often placed on alters as offerings for the spirits of the dead, who are believed to return home during “Dia de Muertos” — translated to “Day of the Dead” — to visit relatives…