Discover and re-discover Mexico’s cuisine, culture and history through the recipes, backyard stories and other interesting findings of an expatriate in Canada
Last year, I shared a recipe for "la torta cubana", probably one of the most popular Mexican sandwiches, prepared with Mexican buns called teleras. Since I shared the recipe for homemade teleras in my previous post, I thought of re-posting the story and recipe for this classic Mexican delight … click on title for more
For those lucky people who scored flour and a few envelopes of instant yeast before they disappeared from the store shelves, this is a basic recipe for homemade Mexican style buns … click on title for more
Pepito is the diminutive of Pepe, the most common nickname for the also very common Spanish name of José. Pepito is a generic name used in old time jokes involving a precocious boy and has also been adopted as the name of a steak sandwich … click on title for more
In this post, I am sharing my recipe for the second course of my Quick Menu at home, a BBQ sandwich; to list only cupboard items, and to offer a vegetarian option for the Christian Lenten season, I used canned young green jackfruit instead of cooked, shredded beef … click on title for more
In my previous post, I talked about a quick menu at a restaurant in Mexico, consisting of a bowl of comforting bean soup, and a BBQ sandwich, and how it would be easy to adapt and reproduce at home, with non-perishable ingredients and pantry staples. In this post, I am sharing my recipe for the first course … click on title for more
My Slice of Mexico 