Discover and re-discover Mexico’s cuisine, culture and history through the recipes, backyard stories and other interesting findings of an expatriate in Canada
Old-fashioned polvorones are enjoyed year-round both in Spain and Mexico, but become ubiquitous during the Christmas season, when batches of hundreds of the dusty and dusted sugary treats, are prepared in convents and bakeries. Some modern recipes call for vegetable shortening instead of lard, a good choice for vegan regimes. I offer the traditional recipe with lard, scaled down to a small batch, convenient to make at home ... click on title for more
I ended up with some extra sparkling apple cider, leftover from New Year's Eve, and decided to use some for cooking. There are several recipes for baked goods that call for apple cider, but it is also excellent in a reduction for fish or pork ... click on title for more
In Mexico and other Latin American countries, recipes for Russian salad probably came in the early 1900s from Spain and even Russia itself; the classic recipe is a mixture of cooked and cubed potatoes and carrots with peas and mayonnaise, which goes great as a side for meat dishes, and with sandwiches. I have posted about this salad before, but in this post, I share all the details on how to prepare my mom's recipe, which with its extra ingredients, takes this salad to another level ... click on title for more
Last year, I shared a story about Sinaloa Style Chicken, which is a well known dish in Mexico, and also in the United States, from chains such as Pollo Loco™ and Pollo Feliz™. That time the weather was still cold, so I broiled the chicken in the oven; a few weeks ago, we were enjoying beautiful weather, and I had a bunch of green multiplier onions begging to be grilled, so those were the perfect conditions to revisit the spatchcocked chicken, but this time, cooked outdoors … click on title for more
Many Mexican and Tex-Mex restaurants offer a creamy green sauce that is often simply called guacamole. Although I am sure a lot of them actually use avocado to prepare their sauce, there is a version with a "secret" ingredient instead … click on title for more
My Slice of Mexico 