This is an okra salad recipe where you flash fry thinly sliced okra first, which removes all slime! Finish it up with tomatoes, feta and peppers.
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Lobster Tacos
This is inspired by Baja California, where lobster is a common menu item. Steamed lobster with a spicy pico de gallo on corn tortillas.
Tepary Beans, Desert Friend
How to grow and cook tepary beans, with a recipe for frijoles fronterizos, a recipe with tepary or pinto beans from Baja.
Salmon Ceviche
A salmon ceviche done in the style of ceviche Chileno. Salmon is widely farmed in Chile and this ceviche is inspired by their way of making it.
Hmong Larb
A recipe for larb, a minced meat salad popular in Southeast Asia. My rendition of it is inspired by Hmong cooking and uses ground javelina.
South Dakota Chislic
Chislic is a classic bar snack in South Dakota, often made with mutton, beef or lamb. In this case, it’s venison. Serve Chislic with crackers or fries.
Ground Pork Stir Fry
This is a simple ground pork stir fry popular in Taiwan, where it is known, oddly, as “flies’ heads” stir fry for the black beans in it.
Tacos Gobernador
Invented in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, tacos gobernador, “governor’s tacos,” are popular all over the Pacific coast of Mexico.