Chicken, Corn and Chile Stew (Seguetza)
Chicken, Corn and Chile Stew (Seguetza) This is one of Zoyla Mendoza’s Valley Zapotec recipes with no fat but lots of flavor. 1 cup whole dried corn kernels (preferably a Mexican variety)Water6 guajillo chiles3 large hoja santa leaves (fresh or dried) Preheat the oven...Remembering Aida
Mexican Wedding Cookies (Polvorones de nuez)
Mexican Wedding Cookies (Polvorones de nuez) These Polvorones de nuez (Mexican wedding cookies, or walnut cookies for Christmas) come from a classmate, Yolanda Serrano, at the Instituto Familiar Y Social in Guadalajara. There they would never wrap them up so garishly,...Praise the Lard – Los Angeles Times article
Los Angeles Times Articles ← Back to Original Article Praise the Lard Restoring a Fat’s Spattered Reputation April 28, 1994|ZARELA MARTINEZ | o7 Martinez was raised on a rancho in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. She opened her restaurant Zarela in New York in...
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.