Eggs with Shrimp (Huevos con camarones)
Over breakfast at the Hotel Doña Lala in Tlacotalpan I had a stimulating conversation about the regional food with the dignified and beautiful seventy-eight-year-old patrona, Doña Debora Iñiquez Vives, and Tlacotlalpan’s handsome young mayor, Hilario Villegas Sosa....
La Parroquia’s Special Omelet in Turkey Broth
La Parroquia’s Special Omelet in Turkey Broth For me, this omelet invented at the Gran Café de la Parroquia in the port city of Veracruz sums up the boldness and depth and simplicity of Veracruzan cooking. It starts with a basic onion-and-potato omelet much like the...
Scrambled Eggs with Black Beans (Huevos tirados)
Scrambled Eggs with Black Beans (Huevos tirados) Huevos tirados are literally “throwaway eggs” — why, I’m not sure, since no one in his or her right mind would apply a term like “throwaway” to anything so delicious. The general idea of the dish is a combination...
El Paso Thank You
Jesus and Mary Academy, first year, Front and Frowning; Though I was born and raised in Mexico, El Paso was my second home and the birthplace of my career. My mother had home-schooled my sisters and me using the Calvert School System, a teaching method used by...
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.