Soup-Stew with Vegetables and Herbs (Tesmole verde)
The state of Veracruz has a rich variety of soup-stews with vegetables and herbs with similar names such as tesmole, chilpachole, chileatole. What they have in common is that they are all thickened with ground fresh corn or corn masa or dumplings. Would you believe...
Poor Man’s Picadillo (Picadillo de pobre)
All Mexicans are familiar with picadillo, which is something like our version of hash but infinitely more versatile. The most elegant kind, a favorite filling or topping for all kinds of chiles, tacos, or antojitos, features chopped or ground pork or beef (sometimes...
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.