Potato Fritters (Bocaditos de Papa)
Potato Fritters (Bocaditos de Papa) Not exactly latkes but they are fried and fantastic. Happy Hanukkah to those who celebrate it! Bocadito or bocadillo means a tidbit, literally a “little mouthful.” These delicious examples were showing up all over the Isthmian city...
Turkey and Turkey Leftovers
La Parroquia Café in the port of Veracruz serves a sensational omelet in turkey broth, pictured above. As a child, I got shipped off to boarding school at the age of seven or eight because there were no schools — or anything else for that matter — anywhere...Working with Dried Red Chiles Video
Delitefully Mexican Sample Menu
Even after all these years and the reams of articles that have been written about the diversity of regional Mexican cuisine, most people in this country still think that Tex-Mex cooking IS Mexican food. Calorie-rich tacos, burritos, nachos, enchiladas, chilaquiles,...
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.