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Zarela Act 7
Written on 30 Sep, 2013 at 17:41 in Events |
Some of you may recall that in April I debuted an act at Casa Mezcal that was part performance art/part cooking lesson/part inspirational memoir. My intention is to prove that you can do anything you want with a condition... (Continue reading)
Another wonderful week- September 21- 27, 2013
Written on 28 Sep, 2013 at 1:44 in On Zarela's Mind |
One of the greatest things about being “retired” is that I have time to do things I want to do when I want to do them and never had the freedom to do to when I had my beloved restaurant,... (Continue reading)
Salade Nicoise
Written on 26 Sep, 2013 at 17:05 in Salads |
People are always surprised when I post something that is not Mexican and I understand but I cook and eat foods from all over the world. Today I made my last Salade Nicoise of the year. This is a... (Continue reading)
ASK ZARELA: Where can I get corn for posole and huitlacoche?
Written on 25 Sep, 2013 at 23:24 in Ask Zarela, Ingredients |
For years I have said that it was easier to get maguey worms in New York that Mexican corn. But today I went to a little grocery store Las Palomas (the doves) on West 100th Street between Amsterdam and Broadway... (Continue reading)
If you really want to cook like me
Thanks to trending on twitter many, many new users have signed up for my website so I will be re-posting some of the most popular articles like this one from my book Zarela’s Veracruz (Houghton Mifflin, 2001) If... (Continue reading)
Wild Mushrooms in Herbed Vinaigrette (Setas a la Vinagreta)
When I first started developing a passion for Veracruzan food, my best source of information in between trips was the splendid illustrated cookbook published in 1992 under the auspices of the state government, La Cocina Veracruzana by María Stoopen... (Continue reading)
Corn Tortillas, Picadas, Sopes and Tlacoyos Demonstration
Written on 23 Sep, 2013 at 12:00 in Videos |
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Tachogobi – Field Tomato Sauce
I thought that I had missed them this year. Every time I went to the green market, I checked all the stalls, starting with Tim Stark’s Eckerton Hill Farm where they had been available for the last few years and... (Continue reading)
Channel Thirteen’s Latinos of NY/NJ
Good things are suddenly happening all over for me. Next week I am shooting a segment for a new show on Wisdom on Univision’s new English-language channel FUSION. Last week WNET used a little clip from this video... (Continue reading)
The Joy of Cooking for friends
I get the greatest satisfaction and have some of the most fun when I cook especially for my friends. I like to pick a large menu of their favorite dishes and cook them slowly, deliberately from my recipes, always... (Continue reading)
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