Turkey and Turkey Leftovers
La Parroquia Café in the port of Veracruz serves a sensational omelet in turkey broth, pictured above. As a child, I got shipped off to boarding school at the age of seven or eight because there were no schools — or anything else for that matter — anywhere...
Delitefully Mexican Sample Menu
Even after all these years and the reams of articles that have been written about the diversity of regional Mexican cuisine, most people in this country still think that Tex-Mex cooking IS Mexican food. Calorie-rich tacos, burritos, nachos, enchiladas, chilaquiles,...
Budd Schulberg: What Makes Sammy Run and On the Waterfront
Nine years ago, I lost a great friend, Budd Schulberg, the Oscar-winning author of On the Waterfront and countless books, including What Makes Sammy Run, Some Faces in the Crowd, The Disenchanted, The Harder They Fall, Sparring with Hemingway, and others. Soon...
Three Mexican Summer Seafood Dishes
There are dozens of vibrant, healthy delightfully Mexican seafood cócteles (cocktails), salpicónes such as my famous Red Snapper Hash, ceviches, and aguachiles (“cooked” in lime juice) that are easy to make and most satisfying. Here are some of my...
Great Mexican Egg Dishes
Omelet in Turkey Broth from La Parroquia As witnessed on my recent trip to Veracruz, breakfast is a big deal there, and I’ve found an infinite variety of Mexican egg dishes all over the country. You could say that it is an alternative to the power lunch. Usually...
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.