Let's Make Pork and Beans, Norteño-Style
As you can imagine, I have a rather large (O.K., huge) collection of cookbooks, especially on Mexican food. Before everyone and his brother was writing about Mexican food, there was...
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In the kitchen
A Little Trick: The Bean Mash
If you want to add some creamy goodness to your beans without adding good cream, try taking about half a cup of your cooked beans and some of the broth...
Domingo Rojo with Roasted Red Peppers and Nopales
There's not really any recipe here to share. It's too simple! I really love red bell peppers in jars. They're intense, delicious and easy to use. The nopales come from...
Meet Our Newest Member of the Family: Domingo Rojo
I am in love. It happens. Domingo Rojo heirloom beans are mild, soft and produce a delicious bean broth, almost born to be covering rice for a superior Red Beans...
Mazano Chiles Steamed Like a Tamal: Diana Kennedy's Chile Canario en Pilte
Manzano chiles are also known as Peron and apparently in Oaxaca, Canario. They look like habeneros but they have much more flesh and a less tropical, but no less delicious,...
More Fun with Fresh Xoconostle
Our local market again had xoconostle, the super sour prickly pears that are loaded with good nutrition and are a hoot to cook with. If the light in my kitchen...
Kitchen Tools: A Spoon for Straining
This may seem obvious but a slotted spoon for straining is pretty key. I had a large one but I tended not to use it much. This is a tablespoon...
Good Pasta, Like Good Beans, Doesn't Need a Lot of Help
I'd forgotten how good pasta can be. I've been off it lately because I refuse to buy Barilla for political reasons and most of the domestic brands have left me...
Fermenting Chiles
Everyone seems to have fermenting fever these days and I'm no exception. Kraut, beets, kombucha and kimchi are all my companions in the kitchen. I'm sure this is a healthy...
Pineapple Vinegar Dressing with Chocolate (!)
I see you rolling your eyes at me! Stop it. This sounds disgusting but it was a winner. I was reading a recent Bon Appetit magazine article about Modern Mexico...
Happy Hippie Breakfast
I've been on a Yellow Indian Woman kick these days. They're such a delicious, dense yet soft bean and they have a superior broth. You can have them in a...
