Tortilla Casserole (Chilaquiles)
Tortilla Casserole (Chilaquiles) In Mexico, chilaquiles are eaten for breakfast. I used to make them as a brunch dish at home. But at Zarela, they became our most popular luncheon and dinner appetizer, which I suppose says something about different breakfast...
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....
Scrambled Eggs with Salsa (Huevos a la Mexicana)
Scrambled Eggs with Salsa (Huevos a la Mexicana) I have never cared much for eggs, and when I was a child this was the only form in which my mother could get me to swallow them. Here the salsa is made fresh for the dish, but you can also use any leftover salsa. 2...
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.