Simple Enchiladas
A lot of us grew up with casserole or lasagne type enchiladas. They were smothered in a chile-tomato sauce and loaded with cheese and then baked until bubbly and gooey....
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Charro Beans
My friend Christopher Ann has a story for everything. Sometimes it's exhausting but it's always entertaining and the food tastes better when there's a tale to tell. For years she...
Sikil p'ak or Pumpkin Seed Dip
Some online friends and I are doing a group project of cooking all the recipes from Diana Kennedy's seminal The Essential Cuisines of Mexico. Our goal is to make every...
A Photo Essay on Soaking Beans
I had to make beans for my favorite 9 year olds' school for Pioneer Days. For 60 kids as a side dish, I thought five pounds seemed about right. Of...
More on Grinding Masa
this video will be about as interesting as watching mud dry for most of you, but it demonstrates the Indian machine called Ultra Pride and how it grinds nixtamalized corn...
Perfect Pintos
Here's another reader recipe. Canice Flanagan is going to need to start her own blog pretty soon. Followed by a cookbook deal, television show, guest judge stint on Iron Chef,...
Christmas Limas in Anchovy Dressing
So half of my batch of Christmas Limas went into my debauched pancetta-cream creation. The second half went into a slightly less indulgent salad of sorts. I strained the beans,...
Christmas Limas with Pancetta, Cream and Gorgonzola
I was eating some Christmas Limas and I was thinking about how great they'd be as a side dish with a big steak. Then I started thinking about how well...
Squash Blossoms for Breakfast
Everyone knows about goat cheese-stuffed squash blossoms. But don't let your blossom repertoire end there! In Mexico City, I had this lovely omelet type thing and the blossom was embedded...
More on Mashed Beans
I used the mashed beans described in a previous post to make this nacho-like dinner. On a plate I placed some Rancho Gordo Tortilla Chips and on each chip I...
A Slow Cooker Recipe
Reader Jill Baxter shares this home made slow cooker treat. What is it? It's sort of a chili but I think the most interesting twist is the pilaf mix. ...