Mexican Pumpkin Recipes
Pork with Mashed Pumpkin (Puerco con Calabaza), Afro-Mexican Pumpkin Soup, Miahuatlán-Style Tamales (Tamales Miahuatecos), Sweet Preserved Pumpkin (Calabaza en Tacha) This Pork with Mashed Pumpkin is one of my absolute favorite Mexican pumpkin recipes. The sauce can...
How to Make Masa
Photo Laurie Smith Many centuries ago, Mexican cooks discovered that as good as corn is when eaten fresh or dried, it takes on an exciting new identity when treated with a solution of wood ashes, burnt seashells, or some other natural alkali. The process is called...
Cauliflower Five Ways
Cauliflower Pancake (Torta de Coliflor), Roasted Cauliflower Florets, Cauliflower Cakes, Escabeche Casa del Sol, Cauliflower with Ranch-Style Sauce (Coliflor en Salsa Ranchera) For years, every spring, summer, and fall I’ve made my weekly pilgrimage to the Union...
Delitefully Mexican Salads with Fruit
Fruits in Mexico are picked at their peak and taste like they are meant to. Street carts and store fronts offer a variety of cut fruits — mangoes, pineapple, watermelon and other melons, with a squeeze of lime and a sprinkle of powdered red chile or hot sauce....
Delitefully Mexican Recipes for When It’s Too Hot to Cook: Part 1
Though we’ve hardly had a spring, today feels like summer. It’s hot and humid, which can make cooking less fun. With the temperature hitting 90 degrees today, the thought of turning the stove on, much less the oven, is not enticing. So I turn to my old...
The many lives of Zarela Martínez
Culinary legend Zarela Martínez introduced finely tuned, highly researched regional Mexican cuisine to a national stage, and has continued to blaze trails for more than three decades.