Tablecloth Stainer Sauce (Manchamanteles)
Tablecloth Stainer Sauce (Manchamanteles) This marvelous spicy fruit sauce, whose name translates into “tablecloth stainer,” is the first homemade main-dish sauce that I ever ate from the southern Mexico state of Chiapas. It changed my whole perception of Mexican...
Cheese and Potato Chowder (Caldo de queso)
Cheese and Potato Chowder (Caldo de queso) This cheese and potato chowder is a specialty of the state of Sonora but can also be found in other states in northern Mexico. My mother’s version from her book, Mexican Family Cooking (Ballantine 1987) is perfect. I made it...Roasting Green Chiles for Creamy Rice Casserole
Marinated Green Chiles Ana Linda (Rajas Ana Linda)
Marinated Green Chiles Ana Linda (Rajas Ana Linda) This is my grandmother’s recipe and I love to eat it in a freshly made flour tortilla which does not work for this section but a freshly made corn tortilla is just as good or better. I adapted the recipe from my...
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.