Poaching an Egg in Bean Broth
I read somewhere that one trend that needed to end was poached eggs. If you're tired of poached eggs to the point where you need to write about it, I...
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Can You Help Me Name This Plant?
UPDATE: See the comments below but reader Robert advises us: The Agave outside Santo Domingo is Agave guiengola, a species native to eastern Oaxaca. It certainly is a striking plant,...
More Fun with Wraps
You notice I don't call these wraps burritos. They are burritos really, but I feel like I'm more international when I call them a wrap. I am a flawed soul....
Fun with Wraps
A few years ago, wraps were all the rage. Then came candle collecting and I guess now it's smart phones. Or maybe I have no clue about trendy things. I...
Luncheon at a Hacienda, Part Two
Now back to lunch. We've had molotes, a salad with nopales, some mushrooms in escabeche, and now, some frijoles: I should have given them a good stir. They were hot!...
Luncheon at a Hacienda, Part One
Are you bored with me telling you how lucky I am? Well, here it comes again. I have friends who live in an actual hacienda. I met them through my...
Chiles en Nogada
When I was in Mexico City last fall, I ate pretty well, if you know what I mean. One of the highlights of autumn cooking is the new crop of...
Heating Tortillas
The best way to heat tortillas is one by one on a comal. This isn't always practical with a crowd so an alternative is to wrap a barely damp tea...
The Return of the Yellow Indian Woman
This post will make many people happy. I can't think of another bean that people love as much as Yellow Indian Woman. Good Mother Stallard and Eye of the Goat...
Somebody Found the Baby Jesus!
Our "top model" Eli, son of our own Susan and chef Miguel, found the baby Jesus in the rosca de reyes cake we had here at the warehouse. He was...
Wild Black Beans from Hidalgo, the New Year and a New Project
I wish I had news for all of you who wrote asking for substitutes for Black Eyed Pea. It's a southern new year's tradition but it really doesn't include a...
Market Update
Elizabeth and Sophie will be at ferry plaza tomorrow but the tortilla making machinery is down for annual maintenance so we won't have tortillas (or chips) for two weeks.