by admin | Feb 24, 2014 | Techniques, Traditions & Culture
ESCABECHES AND CEVICHES by Zarela Martínez for the Los Angeles Times June 27, 1996 The first time I ate escabeche is engraved forever in my mind. I was 8 and visiting my grandmother at Santa Anita, her ranch in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, during the cattle...
by admin | Feb 22, 2014 | Articles, Techniques, Traditions & Culture
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...
by admin | Dec 9, 2010 | Articles, Ingredients, Techniques
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...
by admin | Feb 18, 2009 | Articles, Ingredients, Techniques, Travel, Veracruz
The Seafood of Veracruz By Zarela Martinez Los Angeles Times October 21, 1998 in print edition H-1 For the first 12 years of my life, the only fish I ever ate were frozen haddock filets at Luby’s Cafeteria in El Paso, Texas. They were fried in a thick crust and I ate...
by admin | Dec 20, 2008 | Ingredients, Techniques
Almost always, this simple procedure is the prelude to using dried chiles for my recipes. Very tiny chiles are toasted or blanched whole before cooking, and I have seen Oaxacan cooks fry larger chiles before soaking them, but the following...