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How to Make Corn Tortillas
How to make corn tortillas at home, from either fresh dough or masa harina. Homemade tortillas are much better than store-bought, once you learn how.
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Kinda Like Chorizo
Longaniza Sausages
How to make longaniza sausages, Mexican style. They’re a bit like chorizo, but less vinegary.
A Hawaiian Classic
Tuna Poke
Traditional Hawaiian poke made with bonito, but any sort of tuna will work fine.
Get Rid of the Sticky Icky
How to Cook Nopales
Nopales, prickly pear cactus paddles, are delicious, but you need to know some tricks to cook nopales without slime.
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My name is Hank Shaw.
I write. I cook. I hunt, fish, dig earth, forage, ferment things, brew beer, raise plants, live for food and chase God’s creatures. I drink Scotch or Bud, eat burgers or dine on caviar, depending on my mood or what day of the week it happens to be. I spend my days thinking about new ways to cook and eat anything that walks, flies, swims, crawls, skitters, jumps – or grows. This is my story.
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