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Cooking with Salsa – Three Recipes
Written on 3 Mar, 2014 at 10:00 in Appetizers & Little Dishes, Cooking & Other Sauces, Featured, Ingredients, Mexican Basics, Recipes, Seafood |
If you have ever been to one of my cooking classes, you know that I like to work with building blocks. In other words, I take a basic recipe , such as salsa or pico de gallo, and use it... (Continue reading)
Ranch style Shrimp
1 teaspoon whole cumin seed 1 teaspoon anise seed 1 teaspoon crushed black pepper 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 teaspoon oregano 1 1/2 cups Pico de Gallo Norteño (see recipe) 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste 1 lb. peeled medium... (Continue reading)
Sugar Snap peas cooked with salsa
Written on 3 Mar, 2014 at 9:41 in Cooking, Cooking & Other Sauces, Ingredients, Mexican Basics, Recipes |
This is another dish well remembered from childhood — we ate a lot of good vegetable dishes at the ranch! The beans must be tossed very quickly with the sauce It’s a good way of using leftover Pico... (Continue reading)
Lent and lenten Dishes (La Cuaresma)
Lent is just around the corner . This year it starts on March 5th Walking around midtown in New York on Ash Wednesday is quite a scene. Women walking around in business suits and tennis shoes (high heels in a... (Continue reading)
Achiote Paste- Recado de Adobo Colorado
Written on 27 Feb, 2014 at 12:44 in Cooking & Other Sauces, Featured, Ingredients, Marinades and Seasoning Pastes, Recipes, Techniques |
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The Acid Treatment: Escabeches and Ceviches
ESCABECHES AND CEVICHES by Zarela Martínez for the Los Angeles Times June 27, 1996 The first time I ate escabeche is engraved forever in my mind. I was 8 and visiting my grandmother at Santa Anita, her ranch in the... (Continue reading)
Drunken Chicken ( Pollo Borracho)
Question: I have been looking for a recipe I saw on TV years ago in the San Francisco area(PBS?). I think it is yours. I would like to know where I could find your version of Pollo Borracho. Answer: The... (Continue reading)
A Splash of Magic
Photo: Marissa E. Sanchez “A Splash of Magic” In France, a sauce is just an entrée’s sidekick. But a rich, complex sauce is the very heart of the Mexican meal. By Zarela Martinez Special to the Times Los Angeles... (Continue reading)
My Seduction Meal
Tagine of Chicken with Preserved Lemons and Green Olives Many years ago, someone from the New York Times called to ask me what I would cook for a man if I wanted to seduce him. I imagine that they expected... (Continue reading)
Superbowl Super Dishes
Written on 28 Jan, 2014 at 17:37 in Appetizers & Little Dishes, Cooking, Meats, Recipes, Soups, Vegetable & Side Dishes |
I’ve read and heard that guacamole is now the most popular Super Bowl dish and you can learn to make it by watching my video, but I am sure that’s only because they haven’t tasted my queso fundido with home-made... (Continue reading)
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