Avocado, Pomegranate and Vegetable Salad (Ensalada de Corpus Christi)
This delightful Mexican fruit and vegetable salad salad is served on Corpus Christi in Mexico, but right now is the perfect time to make this unusual salad. Everything is in season except for perhaps the pomegranates. They will be along soon. Use frozen if you have to...
Beets Vinaigrette (Betabeles en vinaigreta)
Beets Vinaigrette (Betabeles en vinaigreta) This is one of the most flavorful and beautiful salads imaginable if you follow a few guidelines. First of all, it is important to oven-roast the beets for maximum sweetness. The will never be the same if boiled. The next...
Salade Nicoise
Salade Nicoise People are always surprised when I post something that is not Mexican and I understand but I cook and eat foods from all over the world. Today I made my last Salade Nicoise of the year. This is a summer dish and, though it's early fall, the...
Pomegranate Salsa/Salad
Pomegranate Salsa/Salad Pico de Gallo de Granada was the name given by the Reforma newspaper in Mexico City to this wonderfully fresh and lively salad. (In the north of Mexico and in some parts of the US, pico de gallo refers to a table salsa, but in central Mexico it...
Pork Crackling Salad (Ensalada de chicharron)
Now that people eat lardo and pork belly, commercial chicharrones (pork cracklings) seem positively low fat. This salad is always very popular at my parties. Pork Crackling Salad (Ensalada de chicharron) People like to pick out the cracklings from this Pork Crackling...
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.