I love warm weather and I like it hot! But what I love the most about warm weather is the fresh food. In this case, it is sandía (watermelon in English). Whenever we would visit mi abuelita (grandmother) in Mexico, we would walk around town “helping” her with […]
As I said in a recent post, the Too Hot Tamales TV show was a big reason I started cooking. They were two chefs on Food Network using many of the ingredients I grew up with, but usually in a different way. This is one of those recipes. […]
If you want a hearty breakfast, this is it! No need for a “second breakfast.” This was a morning meal we would enjoy whenever we would visit my mom’s aunts and uncles at their ranchos (farms) in Baja California, Mexico. Northern Mexicans love their beef! Sometimes, my parents […]
This is a recipe from one of Mexico’s smallest states, officially known as El Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro de Arteaga. It is a state that is just northwest of Mexico City. This is a simple but delicious soup. Diana Kennedy tells us that she learned this […]