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Coffee Crunch Cake
Written on 27 Sep, 2010 at 18:48 in Desserts & Breads |
COFFEE CRUNCH CAKE Every Christmas, I make this spectacular cake that I learned to make from Jack Lirio, a San Francisco cooking teacher in 1976. Jack’s eccentric book, Cooking with Jack Lirio, (William Morrow & Co. 1982) is out-of-print so... (Continue reading)
Fruit and Vegetable Salad
Written on 25 Sep, 2010 at 0:04 in Appetizers & Little Dishes, Recipes |
Image from www.lowgicooking.com Ask Zarela The recipe for the corn, jicama, avocado salad is not in the cookbook Matt purchased for me. Is the recipe available anywhere? It was incredible. Answer: It is in my first book Food from my... (Continue reading)
Disturbing ad on FDR Drive
Written on 24 Sep, 2010 at 18:55 in Traditions & Culture |
Driving down the FDR to the American Indian Museum for my presentation on the Mexican Corn Kitchen, I saw an ad for Manhattan Mini Storage painted on the side of a building that read something like this. Still storing things... (Continue reading)
Heirloom Tomatoes and Chiles Demystified
Written on 20 Sep, 2010 at 0:56 in Ingredients |
Mexican Harvest Tasting at La Palapa East Village Saturday, October 2 from 12 -2 pm. Cost $30 Heirloom tomatoes and chiles by Tim Stark, Antojitos by Barbara Sibley and a special tasting of Casa Noble Organic Tequila! Sponsored by... (Continue reading)
Corn for Masa, Tamales and other masa products.
Written on 15 Sep, 2010 at 1:45 in Ask Zarela |
It constantly amazes me just how many people are into tamales these days. My how-to video Tamales 1-2-3 has had over 72,000 viewers, the recipes with the most hits in my new recipe section are for tamales and there are... (Continue reading)
MUG _Restaurant review
MUG (Manhattan User’s Guide) has been a favorite website since its inception. Today’ s post is about neighborhood favorites and they included Zarela with the following “review” Zarela, 953 2nd [50th/51st] 212.644.6740 Cuisine: Mexican Average entree: $19 Zarela Martinez has... (Continue reading)
Sept 25 & 26 Zapotec Cooking Class and Dinner at Zarela’s with Zoila Mendoza
On Saturday, September 25th Zoila will be giving a cooking class of Zapotec food including segueza, a wonderful corn stew, pepian with chicken, and the tamales. It will be hands on and costs 100.00. The class starts at 10:30 amd... (Continue reading)
Walking and Spinning on Air
Written on 13 Sep, 2010 at 15:19 in Featured |
I’ve gotten such great comments about my singing debut and appearance on David Garland’s Spinning on Air program that I am going to dare putting a link to it on my page. It was a dream fulfilled.... (Continue reading)
Sopa Seca (Pilaf-Style fidellini)
Written on 8 Sep, 2010 at 0:56 in Recipes, Vegetable & Side Dishes |
If there is one dish that is my Madeleine this is it. It takes me back to my childhood. It is my comfort food and, by extension, that of my children. SOPA SECA “DRY” SOUP 1 large tomato 1 large... (Continue reading)
Tortitas de Brocolli (Brocolli Fritters)
Written on 2 Sep, 2010 at 19:33 in Ask Zarela, Cooking |
Broccoli Fritters “Tortita” is another of those culinary terms that are clear as a bell to any Mexican but can send other people into fits of despair. Sometimes it refers to a sort of flattened croquette, involving a basic mixture... (Continue reading)
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