Oaxacan Tamales de Mole Amarillo
Since pre-Hispanic times, tamales have been the number one festive food. Everywhere in Mexico tamales are fiesta food — the equivalent of saying, “Let’s party!” On all occasions like weddings, baptisms, village saint’s days and the Days of the Dead when only the best...Una torta es una torta es una torta
Some of our guest contributors speak and write Spanish only and since a lot of my readers are bilingual Una torta es una torta es una torta * Inspirados hace 50 años en las típicas tortas ahogadas, los “lonches Gemma” se han convertido en un platillo tradicional de...Luxuriating in the Villa Ganz Guadalajara
I arrived in Guadalajara for my bus man’s holiday in dramatic fashion — in a wheel chair, my leg in an air cast propped up on my computer bag, my only addiction being the need to stay connected at all times.) A sudden and overwhelming desire for the...
My Mother’s Smothered Liver (Higado encebollado)
My Mother’s Smothered Liver (Higado encebollado) Customers, especially men, contact me every once in a while to ask for the recipe for my mother’s smothered liver. I am happy to share it with you. While sautéed onions and crispy bacon are the usual garnishes for...
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.