Discover and re-discover Mexico’s cuisine, culture and history through the recipes, backyard stories and other interesting findings of an expatriate in Canada
This Cuete Mechado is pure comfort food, a "meat and potatoes" old-fashioned kind of meal, starting with a tough and inexpensive cut of eye of round roast which, by daubing and braising, is transformed into a truly "wickedly" tasty, rocket-shaped roast, any day of the week ... click on title for more
In Mexico, many salads are dressed with a simple vinaigrette, and often times, just with lime juice and salt. I love a good Basic French vinaigrette, but to pair with my garden greens, I have modified the recipe with a Mexican touch ... click on title for more
It is always very interesting to see how traditional dishes transform as new ingredients are introduced. Moussaka is a Greek and Cypriot dish that is very well known around the world; the traditional versions only comprised layers of eggplant and ground lamb or pork, but since tomatoes and potatoes arrived to Europe from Mexico and Peru, respectively, they have become a common part of the recipe. This post shows the fusion of recipes from my Mexican/Japanese mom, my Cypriot mother in-law and my own, and it is a tri-generational effort, because one of my daughters helped with the cooking, and also styled and photographed the plated presentation, as shown above ... click on title for more
Pápalo is a pre-Hispanic herb originally from Mexico; one of the best known applications of pápalo is as a required topping to prepare a cemita, a sandwich created in the Mexican state of Puebla, named after the bun with which it is traditionally prepared. People in Puebla will declare that, without cemita buns and pápalo leaves, there is no cemita sandwich ... click on title for more
Continuing with Asian Heritage month, I decided to try making Taco Rice, a Tex-Mex-Okinawan fusion recipe originated in Japan. I mostly followed the model of the original Tex-Mex-Oki dish, but substituted some ingredients for a Mexican twist ... click on title for more
My Slice of Mexico 