by admin | Sep 7, 2013 | Events, Past Events
One happy me and one stuffed pig Lame intro I know but how can I resist it? But Pig Island 2013 was a huge...
by admin | Aug 22, 2013 | Places to stay, Travel
I never used to take vacations. I hated to leave the restaurant, I’d write notes to be given with the checks to my customers that said things like: “I hope that you enjoyed the food and were well-taken-care of,” but I no longer have the restaurant...
by admin | Jul 8, 2013 | Articles, On Zarela's Mind, Press
Please scroll down to where it says Zarela Martinez Rabelais News ~ July 8, 2013 why do I sell cookbooks? Wednesday, July 17th, Don will be presenting at the first ever Biddeford Pecha Kucha. He’ll have 400 seconds and 20 slides to explain...
by admin | Jul 3, 2013 | Appetizers, Recipes, Sauces
The original recipe for this tomatillo-avocado sauce called for mashing the ingredients by hand with a mortar and pestle and mixing in the chopped avocado and the cilantro at the end so that they keep their separate character in a coarse-textured sauce. Do it this way...
by admin | Jul 3, 2013 | Recipes, Side Dishes
Mashed Potatoes (Pure de papas del Istmo) When I visited the Isthmus of Tehuantepec at the season of parties accompanying local velas (saints’ day festivals), I found this vividly seasoned dish being served everywhere. It also turned out to be one of the regular...