Mexican Archives

Ducks and Geese

Grilled Teal

Grilled teal is a September favorite. Early teal seasons are happening, and the little ducks are great grilled with a zippy marinade.

Wild Game

Smoked doves are versatile: You can eat them hot or cold, and sauced with whatever you want. Mine bathe in a Mexican guajillo chile sauce.

Wild Game

Everyone loves sausage stuffed peppers, and my favorites are with the big, relatively mild jalapenos you can buy these days.

Featured

Chile pasado is a Mexican method of preserving green chiles. You char the green chiles, skin them and then dry them out for use later.

Mexican

Dysphania ambrosioides is a secret ingredient in many Mexican recipes, including this epazote salsa recipe.

Foraging

Lambsquarters are considered a weed but are really a fantastic edible green that probably lives in your yard right now.

Fish

Aguachile is basically Mexican yellowtail sashimi - or raw whatever seafood you want. Commonly done with shrimp, aguachile is a cousin of ceviche.

Appetizers and Snacks

Tostadas de ceviche are a thing in Mexico: crab ceviche, or any seafood, on a crunchy corn tostada.

How-To (DIY stuff)

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.

Charcuterie

How to make longaniza sausages, Mexican style. They're a bit like chorizo, but less vinegary.

How-To (DIY stuff)

Nopales, prickly pear cactus paddles, are delicious, but you need to know some tricks to cook nopales without slime.

Mexican

How to make Mexican empanadas from scratch. These are masa empanadas, corn dough, not flour. You can fill them with anything you like.