Huitlacoche – Corn Fungus
Huitlacoche or Cuitlacoche (Ustilago maydis) is corn smut, a type of fungus that invades the growing ears of corn, causing the kernels to swell into gray or blue-black masses. Farmers take vigilant measures against it in the United States, and home gardeners throw...Tortillas
Photo: Laurie Smith Tortillas Article from the Oldways Table, Oldways Preservation Trust, http://www.oldwayspt.org/ Daily bread is a window on the soul. At least that’s true of Mexican tortillas. They were the people’s bread centuries before they received...Preparing Dried Chiles
Almost always, this simple procedure is the prelude to using dried chiles for my recipes. Very tiny chiles are toasted or blanched whole before cooking, and I have seen Oaxacan cooks fry larger chiles before soaking them, but the following...
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.