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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Looking for the easiest cocktail drink recipe ever? Tequila cranberry cocktail is two parts tequila plus five parts cranberry juice plus ice cubes.