Tamales by Zarela Martinez for the Slowfood Guide for New York
Tamales by Zarela Martinez It makes me inordinately happy to pick up the phone at Zarela and hear somebody ask, “What’s the tamale of the day?” It wouldn’t have happened when we opened fifteen years ago, because people thought all Mexican tamales were the same thing,...Huitlacoche – Corn Fungus
Huitlacoche or Cuitlacoche (Ustilago maydis) is corn smut, a type of fungus that invades the growing ears of corn, causing the kernels to swell into gray or blue-black masses. Farmers take vigilant measures against it in the United States, and home gardeners throw...Los sabores de Navidad por Rocio Lorea Canales
Los Sabores de Navidad Por Rocio Lorea Canales Los dulces de mi abuela. La tasa de ponche humea frente a mi, no la bebo, me gusta el ponche con piquete y evito beber mientas escribo, esta tasa no tiene alcohol pues ese se le agregara al gusto,por los adultos, la tengo...Tortillas
Photo: Laurie Smith Tortillas Article from the Oldways Table, Oldways Preservation Trust, http://www.oldwayspt.org/ Daily bread is a window on the soul. At least that’s true of Mexican tortillas. They were the people’s bread centuries before they received...
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.