Lifestyle On Zarela’s Mind: Christmas Tamales with Red Chile Pork By Zarela Martinez Published December 18, 2010 | Fox News Latino Print Email Share Comments (0) Text Size Courtesy r. vacapinta at flickr.com/ricardo, Creative Commons license Tamales are the celebratory... (Continue reading)
This is one of Zoyla Mendoza’s Valley Zapotec recipes with no fat but lots of flavor. 1 cup whole dried corn kernels , preferably a Mexican variety Water 6 guajillo chiles 3 large hoja santa leaves, fresh or... (Continue reading)
SALSA CRUDA DE TOMATILLO (Uncooked Tomatillo Sauce) Most restaurants and street stands have a red sauce (pico de gallo norteno or another tomato sauce) and a green sauce on the table to be added to taste. Green sauce, salsa... (Continue reading)
POLVORONES DE NUEZ (Walnut Cookies for Christmas) In Mexico these are wrapped in papel de China, the brightly colored tissue paper that we call “Chinese.” l/2 cup butter or margarine 2 tablespoons confectioners sugar, plus additional... (Continue reading)
Los Angeles Times Articles ← Back to Original Article Praise the Lard Restoring a Fat’s Spattered Reputation April 28, 1994|ZARELA MARTINEZ | \o7 Martinez was raised on a rancho in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. She opened her restaurant Zarela... (Continue reading)
Chiles Rellenos This video was shot many years ago for the Great Chefs of the East series. I looked so different there! The information though is still accurate.... (Continue reading)
I normally would not go on and on about a radio show but tomorrow at noon I will be on for a whole hour with Emeril on Martha Stewart Living Radio on Sirius. He is a fabulous interviewer- considerate, thorough,... (Continue reading)
On Zarela’s Mind: Hearts, Hands and Walnut Cookies By Zarela Martinez Published December 04, 2010 | Fox News Latino The first gift my last love gave me was a delicate hand, palm up, holding a heart. He did not know... (Continue reading)
As a child, I got shipped off to boarding school at the age of seven or eight because there were no schools–or anything else for that matter–anywhere near our ranch in Chihuahua, Mexico. I hated it. As the beginning of... (Continue reading)