Chilaquiles are, at their root, a dish to use up stale tortillas. Extra corn tortillas from the night before are fried and then simmered in a rich sauce. It may sound like a dull dish, but it will surprise you. The tortillas soak up all …
While the name tequila lime shrimp likely rings of cheap tex-mex cuisine, camarones al tequila sounds like something I would order in a heartbeat. I love shrimp, I love tequila, how could it go wrong? Frankly, I’m not sure that it can. I think this …
A good salsa roja recipe is something we should all have in our back pocket. There are an unlimited number of ways to make salsa, and I am all about exploration and creativity, but for me no salsa platter is complete without a simple, perfect …
Roasted poblano peppers must be one of the best flavors in the world. There are a lot of delicious peppers out there, but for me, poblanos are unrivaled. Unfortunately, it can be really difficult to get that amazing flavor to come through in a meal. …
The weeks spent perfecting chicken tinga were undoubtedly some my favorite in the kitchen. Not only were we eating amazing tacos every few days, but our friends also kept dropping in for dinner. Once you’ve tasted these tacos, it is not hard to see why.
Vodka sauce, at its base, is a tomato and cream sauce laced with a bit of red pepper and a splash of vodka. These days it is more of an Italian-American dish than proper Italian, though it did originate in the old country. That origin …
This recipe is mostly about the sauce. It is a riff on an Italian classic, the agrodolce. If you have a bit of training in romance languages, you can probably pull apart that name and tell that agrodolce is a sweet and sour sauce. Traditionally, …
In the previous post on traditional spaghetti carbonara (which can be found here) I said just about everything I have to say about the dish and its origins, so this post will be a bit more personal. When I was first learning to cook, I …
Spaghetti Carbonara is one of those dishes that I could eat twice, maybe three times a week without ever getting tired of it. It is just always that good. If you have never had it before, spaghetti carbonara is a dish made with pasta, cured …
Chicken Piccata is a dish in both Italian and Italian-American cuisine, though its exact origins remain unclear. The term piccata actually refers to a method of preparation rather than a dish itself. Chicken piccata is the more common dish in the US and refers to …