Chicken in Sweet-Tart Sauce (Pebre de pollo)
When I’m in Mexico exploring a spot new to me, I always start asking people who’s the best cook in town. I tried it in Tuxpan, a Huasteca-area river town that I always think of as the city of spectacular sunsets. The invariable answer was “Angelita” –- Doña Angeles...Mashed Potatoes (Pure de papas del Istmo)
Mashed Potatoes (Pure de papas del Istmo) When I visited the Isthmus of Tehuantepec at the season of parties accompanying local velas (saints’ day festivals), I found this vividly seasoned dish being served everywhere. It also turned out to be one of the regular...
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.