Cucumber, Jicama, and Fruit Salad (Ensalada pico de gallo)
Until I came to Guadalajara, I knew pico de gallo as an uncooked table sauce. However, in the central region of Mexico, pico de gallo is this salad. It is sold from vendor carts in paper cones and the fruit, which is always cut in decorative shapes, is changed...
Preparing root vegetables with a very young Aaron Sanchez
No! He wasn’t this young but when again am I going to have a chance to use this image?Jicama Relish (Jicama escabechada)
Jicama Relish (Jicama escabechada) Lillian Haines, my teacher in California, had a variation on a traditional Mexican vegetable escabeche that became one of my most useful accompaniments. The chipotle and olive oil are her additions. So is cutting the vegetables into...Jicama, Cucumber, Pineapple Soup/Salad (Gazpacho de bienvenida)
Jicama, Cucumber, Pineapple Soup/Salad (Gazpacho de bienvenida) The street version does not include the serrano chiles so I will retest this and add a new photo in the near future. At Zarela, we served this as a summer soup but it can also be a salad.Why this...
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.