Lifestyle
Entertaining menus and tips, and creative expressions
Make Your Own Taco Party
One of my favorite ways to entertain is to have a make your own taco, burrito, or gordita party. I like to prepare foods from different regions of Mexico and present a panoply of flavors,textures, colors, and aromas
Menu:
Queso fundido with homemade chorizo
Corn tortillas from Sobre Masa
Chicken Pibil-style with achiote
Chipped beef with green chile
Pork with red chile sauce
Ayocote beans with greens
Days of the Dead
I think if I could choose one event to dramatize the spirit of Mexican religion, it would be the Day of the Dead, or actually Days -- Los Dias de los Muertos, November l and 2. To begin with, I assure you that this name does not sound in the least...
If You Really Want to Cook Like Me
Thanks to trending on Twitter many, many new users have signed up for my website so I will be reposting some of the most popular articles like this one from my book Zarela's Veracruz (Houghton Mifflin, 2001) If you really want to cook like me......
Afro-Mexican Cooking Class with Raquel Torres Cerdan: Four Recipes
All photos by Carlos Baizabal. Raquel objected to this photo because the bracelets are not hygienic. So don't wear them when you slice malanga, and especially when you fry it. Those studs will get really hot. This is not really a recipe. Fry the...
Finishing School in Guadalajara: Breadcrumb Flowers and Cooking
Mexican Wedding Cookies (Polvorones de Nuez), Savory Corn Bread (Torta de Elote) Prompted by my upcoming trip to Guadalajara where I'll be revisiting old haunts and seeing my university mates, I started thinking how I got to Guadalajara from El...
Fruit Ades (La Samaritana Serves Aguas Frescas)
My mother had a strict rule at the ranch: We were allowed to have Coca-Cola only once a week, a small bottle every Sunday. The rest of the week she would make delicious refreshing agues frescas (fruit ades) of whatever fruit was available. Dried...
Seven Basic Rules for Cooking Mexican Food
A friend from Austria visited me on a day when there were several volunteers helping put together a tasting of some new dishes I’ve been working on. He was amazed, almost incredulous, that someone would give up their Sunday to come and help me....
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.