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Poor man’s Picadillo (Picadillo de pobre) from Catemaco, Veracruz, Mexico
Recipe: Picadillo de pobre (Hashed Beef) Summary: All Mexicans are familiar with picadillo, which is something like our version of hash but infinitely more versatile. The most elegant kind, a favorite filling or topping for all kinds of chiles, tacos... (Continue reading)
Chorizo
This is really an Ask Zarela question but I’m posting it in the Cooking with Zarela section because I want to keep all the Thanksgiving information together. Question: Your son’s Brussels sprouts with chorizo recipe sounds delicious! I want to try... (Continue reading)
Ask Zarela: Netskies Casa del Sol, Juarez, Mexico
As soon as I published the recipe for Escabeche Casa del Sol recipe I got the following query. I’ve been trying since then to get the recipe for the Netskies from the now sadly long-departed restaurant and finally succeeded. Here... (Continue reading)
A Thanksgiving Thought: The Red Room
Written on 15 Nov, 2009 at 2:19 in Lifestyle, Traditions & Culture |
Every Thanksgiving, I like to personally write a note to each of my friends to thank them for making me part of their lives and being there for me throughout the year....Even before I had 337 "friends" on Facebook,... (Continue reading)
Special Menu from Quintana Roo
I bet if I asked 100 people in the U.S what Mexican Cancun is located in, maybe one or two would know, if that many. But this gorgeous state is indeed much more than that popular but definitely not my... (Continue reading)
What is the best sauce for a barbacoa?
Photo by Laurie Smith A reader asks in Spanish cual es la mejor salsa para una barbacoa casera? (What is the best sauce for a home-made barbacoa (slow-cooked marinated meat usually cooked in a hole in the ground?) There... (Continue reading)
The Thrill of Mariachi
It's been 5 days now and I still feel the thrill of hearing those first notes of Las Mananitas, the Mexican birthday song, being played by 20 different groups of mariachi that had come together into a perfectly conducted... (Continue reading)
Altar for the Dead
Written on 1 Nov, 2009 at 14:46 in Past Events, Traditions & Culture |
Someone at the restaurant asked me last night how people react to the altars for the dead. Mexicans see death as a natural part of the life cycle and choose to laugh at it rather than cry. That’s easier said... (Continue reading)
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