Squash with Chicharrón
Summer squash is now in season and abundant at your farmers’ markets. But squash is a bland vegetable so it needs help with added flavor. In this recipe the flavor is definitely in the fat.
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Verdolagas Con Costilla de Puerco
This is a typical Mexican home kitchen recipe. Pork ribs in salsa verde with verdolagas. This green leafy vegetable, also known as purslane, looks similar to watercress.
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Pozole Rojo
Red Pozole, renowned in the state of New Mexico is a customary Christmas or New Year’s dish. The traditional dish is a stew, but here I present a modern version for a formal holiday dinner setting.
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Ribs Pibil
Achiote seed is the spice ingredient is that defines the flavors of Cochinita Pibil, the Mayan recipe from Yucatan. I’m trying it out on pork ribs. These seeds come from the Achiote tree (Bixa Orellana) from South America.
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Potato Salad a la Cocina California
Here’s a summer meal for hot weather that’s easy and quick to prepare. Good recipe for a large group and it can be prepared ahead of time before the guests arrive. Grilled sausage is optional.
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Have you noticed how the greens, yellows, and reds of native Mexican foods like tomatillos, squash and chile are so in-synch to Mexican art and architecture? My clattering in the kitchen creating Mexican food is an innate experience in identity (Identidad) to Mexico’s culture and rituals.
I get really excited and zoned-out mixing and matching textures, colors, flavors, aromas and anticipating an outcome that will turn out to be magical and shouts out - “cocina Identidad”.
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