Homemade Mexican soup is served in large batches for holiday gatherings. A fall dinner party in the Land Park backyard of Bernadette Gutierrez showcases posole, surrounded by a variety of garnishes and Dia de los Muertos holiday decor. Bernadette Gutierrez prepares to add a homemade red sauce to a pot of pork-based stock to complete her posole broth. Bernadette Gutierrez simmers a pot of pork-based broth that’s the foundation of her posole. Master Mexican cook Bernadette Gutierrez prepares posole, a traditional Mexican soup, in her Sacramento kitchen.