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Jicama-Watercress Salad

Jicama-Watercress Salad

ENSALADA DE JICAMA Y BERROS (Jicama-Watercress Salad) Salads were not a big thing in Mexican meals during my Guadalajara days. Around the late seventies there seemed to be an upsurge of interest, just when I was starting my catering business... (Continue reading)

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Jicama

Jicama

Jicama is the tuber of a plant indigenous to Mexico and Central America.  The botanical name, Pachyrhizus erosus, is derived from the Greek pachys  — thick and coarse, as in “pachyderm!”  It has a crisp texture, somewhere between an apple... (Continue reading)

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