My Debut at Tavern on the Green 1981
Tonight I will be attending the reopening of Tavern of the Green under new owners. I made my New York City debut at Tavern on The Green in April, 1981. It’s a very lovely story and, because it is so timely, I am going to dare to post an extremely rough,...
Two Salads from Peggy Knickerbocker
This Arugula Salad with Prosciutto and Figs is one of my absolute favorite salads despite my usual dislike of sweet savory dishes. The saltiness of the fried prosciutto makes the lightly sweet organic dried figs less cloying and the special texture and richness of the...
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...A Splash of Magic
Photo: Marissa E. Sanchez “A Splash of Magic” In France, a sauce is just an entrée’s sidekick. But a rich, complex sauce is the very heart of the Mexican meal. By Zarela Martinez Special to the Times Los Angeles Times- Wednesday, March 4th, 1998 When I was...Food crafts of Xico, Veracruz, Pueblo Magico
My first taste of Xico was a crispy buñuelo, a fried “flour tortilla” very lightly dusted with fine granulated sugar and topped with chicken that had first been cooked with blackberry liqueur and then sauteed with garlic and onion and mixed with...
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.