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Seasoning a Clay Comal
Written on 17 Dec, 2013 at 15:38 in Ask Zarela, Cooking, Equipment, Favorites, Techniques, Traditions & Culture |
Can you tell me where to buy a clay comal? I bought one in Santa Fe several years ago, used it happily until my daughter-in-law put it on a very hot burner and it cracked.... (Continue reading)
My Favorite Mexican Dinner Menu
Written on 8 Dec, 2013 at 3:26 in appetizers, Cooking, Cooking & Other Sauces, Desserts & Breads, Favorites, Featured, Mexican Basics, Recipes, Soups, Vegetable & Side Dishes, Vegetables, Zarela Cooks at Home |
Welcoming guests into my home and introducing them to my food fills me with joy. It is not the fleeting moment of the m, masa teal but organizing everything that makes for the perfect party that extends the pleasure. Planning... (Continue reading)
Favorite New Places to Eat, Part 1
Written on 25 Oct, 2013 at 23:37 in On Zarela's Mind, Places to eat |
My body keeps telling me: “Don’t go out” You know how easily your stomach gets irritated and you get all puffed up and hate the way you look . So why don’t just cook yourself a nice 20-minute healthy... (Continue reading)
PokPok
I’ll never forget the first time I tasted Thai food. It was in 1983 at a restaurant called Bangkok Cuisine on Seventh Avenue around 53rd Street. These faintly fishy, sweet and salty, burning hot flavors kept dancing on my... (Continue reading)
Backyard Rabbit and Artichoke Paella
This is not one of the easiest recipes to prepare but it is one of my favorite way to entertain. For staff parties I have a HUGE 40 inches across paella pan and it feeds them all and their spouses. ... (Continue reading)
Fortuna Bukharian Restaurant a fortuitous find in Rego Park
Written on 29 Jan, 2012 at 22:13 in Favorites, Places to Eat |
A modest picture for a great restaurant and it’s kosher if you ever need to take some friends who like that. The New York times insisted we visit Shalom Restaurant in an article that had not been updated since... (Continue reading)
Zarela Cazuela
For many Latinas, a well-seasoned pottery cooking vessel, or cazuela, is as important as a cast-iron pan is to a Southern cook. Great cazuelas are collected and handed down through generations. They are brought out along with the family silver... (Continue reading)
Delicious Sex
Written on 25 May, 2011 at 18:08 in Favorites, On Zarela's Mind |
I remember the launch lunch of Delicious Sex as if it was yesterday but it was actually 25 years ago . We were on the second floor of JAMS, Jonathan Waxman and Melvyn and Janie Masters California-style bistro which was... (Continue reading)
Mezcales,
Written on 6 Jul, 2010 at 0:08 in Favorites |
The mezcal tasting and Oaxacan botana party was over but the wide variety of flavors and bouquets surprisingly still linger in my mouth and in my head and that of the guests according to the correspondence I’ve received since the... (Continue reading)
Fiestas and why Mexicans love to party
Fiestas are probably the best-known symbol of Mexican religion and cultural life in this country. Virtually all fiestas are the observation of saints’ days, some nationally important and some dedicated to a local heavenly patron. It is customary for prominent... (Continue reading)
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