Cinco de Mayo Archives - CASA Veneracion

Carnitas Tacos With Pico de Gallo

What can be more satisfying than tender pork wrapped in bread and garnished with a tangy salsa? Carnitas tacos with pico de gallo is a lovely snack (or meal) whether...

Learn how to make Mexican carnitas the easy way. Enjoy the tender meat with rice, egg and a simple salad.

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Mighty Meaty

Carnitas: Mexican “Little Meats” Dish

Carnitas is a Mexican dish of ultra tender pork that is either pulled apart or chopped. Lightly crisp outside, very tender and moist inside, carnitas is a dish by itself....

The funny thing about Cinco de Mayo is that although it is a festival of Mexican food, drinks, and parades replete with costumes and banderitas, it is more an American than a Mexican thing. A marketing ploy of alcohol marketers.

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A Cook's Diary

Cinco de Mayo is Bigger in the United States Than in Mexico

It’s that time of the year again when the web is overflowing with every angle on Mexican food and drinks — which I both adore. But what’s with this time...

A Mexican salsa, pico de gallo is made with chopped tomato, onion, chili, cilantro, salt and lime juice. Enjoy it with meat, poultry or seafood.

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Side Dishes

Pico de Gallo (a Mexican Salsa)

Tart, salty and with a subtle heat, pico de gallo is a Mexican salsa made with chopped tomato, onion, chili, cilantro, salt and lime juice. Enjoy it with meat, poultry or...

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Chicken, Duck & Turkey

Chicken Fajita

If no other schedule would be disrupted, I’d prefer to sleep during the day, with the air-con on, and do everything else at night—the cooking, the photographing, the writing—with the...

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Bread & Breakfast

Huevos Rancheros

Huevos rancheros translates to “rancher’s eggs” in English. A popular Mexican breakfast dish, it consists of a lightly fried tortilla topped with a fried egg and, on the side, traditional...

I’m not selling alcohol. I’m not a promoter for Cinco de Mayo either. I admit, however, that I am a huge fan of Mexican food and drinks including this México Lindo which we liked so very much.

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Drinks

Mexico Lindo

Kate Sedgwick in Matador Nights sums up nicely what Cinco de Mayo is about: “Really, it’s an American holiday, and we celebrate it the way we do all holidays with other...

Guacamole with garlic and roasted peppers

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Appetizers & Snacks

Guacamole With Garlic and Roasted Peppers

Basic guacamole is great but that doesn’t mean you can’t add a few twists here and there to add variety and, perhaps, even make it better. Doddie once told me...

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Bread & Breakfast

A la Mexican rice

Although Mexican rice and Spanish rice are terms often used interchangeably, there are marked differences between the two dishes — saffron and chilis. Spanish rice is red-orange because of the...

Cinco de Mayo and Savvy Alcohol Marketing

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Drinks

Coctel Adelita

It kicks. Seriously. Five shots of tequila and one shot of Kahlua, and, well… it should kick. It’s a good thing that I took photos before I downed the glass...

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Bread & Breakfast

Arroz Amarillo (Mexican Yellow Rice)

I am on a rice journey. And now that I am learning so much about Latin American cooking, including Mexican cuisine, I am discovering so many more amazing ways to...

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Drinks

Is it chelada or michelada? Doesn’t matter. It’s delicious!

The drink is called chelada. Or, maybe, it is michelada. Chelada is a mixture of beer and lime served in a salt-rimmed chilled glass, margarita-style. If spices or seasonings are...

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Mighty Meaty

Bistec Picado

If you’re a blogger and you have Google Analytics (or something smilar) installed, you might have occasionally checked what the most popular pages on your blog are. In this blog,...

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Bread & Breakfast

Arroz Blanco (Mexican White Rice)

It is a Mexican rice dish but arroz blanco is also found in the cuisines of many other South American and Caribbean countries. There are even some claims that the...