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FILETE DE RES A LA CHIAPANECA

Written by Maura Hernandez on December 2, 2010
Categories: Carne/Meat, Chiapas, frijoles/beans, Mexico City, Plato fuerte/Main dish, Receta/Recipe, Salsa, Travel/Viajes

During my last visit to Mexico, one rainy afternoon I spent several hours leafing through my suegra’s cookbooks looking for some new tricks and some family recipes. After writing several recipes down, I decided to just use my phone to take a photo of each recipe card so that I could have all the recipes [...]

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CHILAQUILES VERDES

Written by Maura Hernandez on November 22, 2010
Categories: Chiles, Cultura/Culture, MexMonday, Plato fuerte/Main dish, Receta/Recipe, Salsa, Staple Recipes

Chilaquiles are a staple in my house – great for any meal: breakfast, lunch or dinner. When making them for breakfast, I serve an egg (fried or scrambled) on top; for lunch and dinner I usually add shredded chicken, but that can be left out if you’re serving it to a vegetarian. Whenever I go [...]

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FRIJOLES CHARROS

Written by Maura Hernandez on November 8, 2010
Categories: Carne/Meat, Chiles, frijoles/beans, Mexico City, Plato fuerte/Main dish, Receta/Recipe, side dishes

For weeks, José has been bugging me to make his Tía Carola’s frijoles charros. Outside of El Charco de Las Ranas, his favorite taquería in Mexico City, Tía Carola’s frijoles charros are the only ones he has ever raved about. Until now. When I asked for the recipe a few weeks ago, it felt like [...]

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GUACAMOLE BICENTENARIO

Written by Maura Hernandez on September 16, 2010
Categories: Chiles, Cultura/Culture, Día festivo/Holidays, Historia/History, Holiday dish, Mexico City, Receta/Recipe, side dishes, Staple Recipes

¡Feliz Día de la Independencia, México! Did you watch the Grito last night? In my house, we hung papel picado and waved our Mexican flag as we watched the celebration starting in Mexico City’s zócalo. My heart was filled with emotion seeing the zócalo, where I have stood in awe many times, brimming with people [...]

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SOPA DE FIDEO

Written by Maura Hernandez on March 8, 2010
Categories: Plato fuerte/Main dish, side dishes, Sopa

Sopa de fideo is a comfort food for me–full of one specific fond memory. Let me explain. Last summer, after more than a decade of dreaming about visiting Teotihuacan, I finally made the 40-kilometer trip northeast of Mexico City with my suegro and my cuñada. I had yearned to visit this archaeological site since I [...]