Charcuterie
Longaniza Sausages
How to make longaniza sausages, Mexican style. They're a bit like chorizo, but less vinegary.
How-To (DIY stuff)
How to Cook Nopales
Nopales, prickly pear cactus paddles, are delicious, but you need to know some tricks to cook nopales without slime.
Mexican
Mexican Masa Empanadas
How to make Mexican empanadas from scratch. These are masa empanadas, corn dough, not flour. You can fill them with anything you like.
Mexican
Chilaca Pork Stew
Chilaca chiles are long, skinny green chiles great for rajas, which are in this pork stew. You can substitute poblanos.
How-To (DIY stuff)
How to Make Masa Harina
Masa harina is dried tortilla dough. You can buy it, but if you have good corn, here's how to make homemade masa harina.
Mexican
Xoconostle Salsa
A xoconostle salsa recipe from Mexico. Xoconostle, or tuna agria, is a kind of sour prickly pear fruit.
How-To (DIY stuff)
How to Clean Nopales
How to clean nopales, prickly pear cactus paddles. Step by step instructions, with a video, on how to remove spines from nopales.
Charcuterie
Green Chorizo
Green chorizo has green chiles, lots of cilantro or parsley, plus a secret ingredient...
Appetizers and Snacks
Tacos Dorados
In America, we call these taquitos. Either way, they're easy and delicious.
Mexican
Salsa Morita
A salsa morita recipe. Morita chiles, which are small, red chipotles, mixed with roasted tomatillos, onion and garlic. This is a picante salsa.
Mexican
Pozole Rojo
An authentic pozole rojo - red pozole - made with pork, hominy and red chiles, dressed with all sorts of good things.
How-To (DIY stuff)
How to Make Nixtamal
Nixtamal. Such a cool word! It is to Mesoamerica what hominy is to the United States: corn treated with an…
