Southwest Black Bean Hummus Tostadas
Every single day is a marathon (Not that I’ve ever run, walked, or even watched a marathon. Exhausting!). Today, for example, I was up…
Category: Mexican/Latin
Fresh Guacamole with Tomatillos and Goat Cheese
It’s time to confess something that I am ashamed to admit: I am a picky eater. I always have been. I cringe when certain…
Tomatillo Green Chile Chicken Enchilada Casserole
This tomatillo enchilada casserole takes about 45 minutes total for preparation and cooking, but is well worth it. As always, fresh ingredients make all…
Blackened Tilapia Tacos with Red Cabbage and Avocado Crema
A few weekends ago, we drove down to San Diego for Comic Con, the convention of nerds, creators, vendors, cartoons, costumes, comic books, big…
Tomatillo Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas
I’m told that other people in history have had up to and as many as two children. Yes, even all at the same time.…
Carne Adovada (New Mexican Chile-Braised Pork)
There were many, many moments to remember in our recent ten day, 3,100 mile road trip that began in a blizzard in Maine and…
Chicken Tikka Tacos
This dinner is easy, and will make you seem like a hero to your family. Theseus, who fought the awful Minotaur in a labyrinth,…
Mexican Street-Style Sweet Corn
Each November, the tiny town of Xmatkuil hosts the annual Yucatan State Fair, a month-long celebration of Yucatecan culture that features bullfights, traditional dancing,…
Kale and Potato Rajas Tacos
When it wasn’t broken down, we spent a lot of time driving around Mexico in our army green Jeep. And it looked exactly the…
Guisado de Pollo (Chicken and Potato Stew)
Our craving for Mexican food comes in a few different forms. Most of the time, we want something that’s somewhat authentically Mexican, or at…
Mexican Chocolate Cake
Once upon a time in Mexico I got married in front of a fountain and a defrocked priest and friends and family, under a…
Chipotle Flank Steak Tacos with Salsa Verde
If you measure a recipe only in terms of how great the reward is for how little effort, that would make this one of…
How to Make Flour Tortillas
Every pueblo in Mexico, no matter how small, has at least one tortilleria. Chelem, the village where we lived, was reduced to a seaside…
Crispy Rolled Shrimp Tacos with Tomato Broth
Before we continue, let’s get something straight. A soft tortilla folded around some filling is called a “taco,” agreed? And if you roll it…
Tex-Mex Migas
I’ve never been to Austin, Texas. A mythic city of beauty and music, where oddness and individuality are celebrated. “If I could ever be…
Chiles Rellenos con Picadillo (Poblano Chiles Stuffed with Spiced Beef)
When I think of chiles relleno (literally “stuffed chile”), my imagination settles immediately on the image of buckets of molten cheese covering a massive…
Chorizo y Papas Grilled Cheese (Homemade)
Today’s sandwich is the “Chorizo y Papas Grilled Cheese.” It combines ground chorizo, sauteed onions, habanero cheddar and American cheeses, and crispy Tater Tots…
Frijol con Puerco (Pork and Black Bean Stew)
When Jillian and I first moved to Mexico to renovate our small house on the other side of the Gulf of Mexico, we were…
Shredded Turkey Pozole Rojo
Here’s what I always assumed about pozole, the Mexican soup that predates even the arrival of the Spanish in that country: I knew that…
Shredded Turkey Chilaquiles Rojos
When we decided to chuck everything and move to Mexico to buy a house, it wasn’t with a tremendous amount of planning. We arrived…
Easy Enchiladas Rojas
In four years spent living in the Southern tip of Mexico, I don’t think I ever had an enchilada. There were plenty of tacos,…
“American Style” Ground Beef Tacos
During the last years of his life, my father lived with us in our house in Mexico. It wasn’t a great leap; getting to…