Classic Nopales Salad and Shredded Jicama with Crunchy Crickets Raul Ortega Ayala’s Late Mexico City Lunch POSTED UNDER mexico, Travel INGREDIENTS cactus, CILANTRO, crickets, JICAMA, limes, mandarin, nopales, tomatoes Recipe Nopales Salad 5 fresh nolaes, diced and cooked 1/2 cup water 1/2 onion, finely chopped handful fresh coriander, chopped 4 medium tomatoes, diced and deseeded … Read more
Shrimp, Fava Beans, Avocado, Cilantro and Chili Bree Zucker’s Mexico City Ceviche POSTED UNDER mexico, shellfish INGREDIENTS AVOCADO, avocado oil, CILANTRO, fava beans, limes, shrimp, tomatoes Recipe Ceviche 6 limes 1 cup fresh shelled fava beans 2 lbs large shrimp, heads on 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice (6 limes) 2 small spring onion, minced … Read more
Kale, Quick-Pickled Cauliflower, Avocado Toast with Chilhuacle Chili Salsa Niki Nakazawa’s Mexico City Salad With Avocado Toast and Peanut Chili Salsa POSTED UNDER Entree Salad, mexico, Winter INGREDIENTS AVOCADO, beet, cauliflower, CHILI, fava beans, kale, peanut, shrimp Recipe Beet-pickled Cauliflower 2 cups water 1 cup vinegar 4 bay leaves 1/4 white onion, sliced 2 garlic … Read more
Fire Roasted Tomatoes, serrano chili and spring onion Andrea Hagan & Pastora Guitierrez Reyes’ Charred Tomato Salsa POSTED UNDER condiment, mexico, Travel INGREDIENTS CHILI, onion, tomatoes Recipe SALSA 4-6 fresh tomatoes 2 serrano chiles 1/2 lime 1 pinch sea salt 1 diced spring onion (optional) Notes An all-purpose Mexican condiment that’s suitable for any summer … Read more
Watermelon, Jicama, Coconut and Pineapple with Bee Pollen, Tajin and Sea Salt Pedro Reyes’ Mexican Fruit Salad POSTED UNDER dessert, side dish INGREDIENTS bee pollen, coconut, JICAMA, lime, Pineapple Recipe Fruit Salad 1/2 small ripe pineapple 1 mini watermelon (sub 1/4 regular watermelon) 1 whole coconut, flesh removed 1 small jicama, peeled 3 ripe limes, … Read more
Kale, Cabbage, Tahini and Tamari Dressing Paola Santoscoy’s Sesame Kale Salad POSTED UNDER MEXICO, MEXICO CITY, VEGETARIAN INGREDIENTS CABBAGE, KALE, SESAME, TAHINI, TAMARI Recipe Salad 1 Bunch LACINATO KALE, DE-STEMMED 1 TBS OLIVE OIL 1 Pinch KOSHER SALT 1/2 Small PURPLE CABBAGE TOASTED SESAME SEEDS TO TASTE Dressing 1 Inch FRESH GINGER ROOT 5 TBS … Read more
Cactus paddles with mouth numbing peppercorns and masala spices Norma and Saqib’s Grilled Sichuan Nopales POSTED UNDER BBQ, MASALA Y MAIZ, MEXICO, MEXICO CITY INGREDIENTS CACTUS, NOPALE, SCHICHUAN Recipe FOR THE MASALA 2 TBSP WHOLE CUMIN SEED 1 TBSP WHOLE CORIANDER SEED 2 TBSP SICHUAN PEPPERCORN 1 TBSP BLACK PEPPERCORNS 1/2 TBSP WHOLE FENNEL SEED … Read more
Beer, tomato and lime Yola’s Michelada POSTED UNDER DRINK, MEXICO, MEXICO CITY INGREDIENTS BEER, LIME, TOMATO Recipe MICHELADA 1 MEDIUM RIPE TOMATO 2 LIMES 1 PINCH SEA SALT ICE 1 CAN LIGHT BEER BLACK PEPPER TO TASTE TABASCO (OPTIONAL) Notes An easy summer drink, Yola uses fresh tomato where most recipes call for tomato juice. … Read more
Cooking at Ceramica Suro in Guadalajara Coal-Charred Beets with Olive Oil and Salt POSTED UNDER bbq, mexico INGREDIENTS beet Recipe Salad 4 LB mixed colored beets olive oil salt Notes This recipe couldn’t be more straight-forward. We didn’t even add acid to the dish, just olive oil and salt. Alvaro brought us the very best beets on earth … Read more
BOOKS Arty Parties: An Entertaining Cookbook October 2021 In her follow-up cookbook to Salad for President, cook, writer, and artist Julia Sherman shows us how to apply an artist’s touch to our own home gatherings. Artists throw superior parties, and we can learn from their willingness to draw outside the lines, choose character over perfection, and … Read more