Chicago | The Other Side of the Tortilla

Wordless Wednesday: Farmers market chiles

Written by Maura Hernandez on August 10, 2011
Categories: Wordless Wednesday

Farmers markets here in Chicago are kind of like a yuppie version of a Mexican tianguis. Despite the strollers and dogs and people yammering away on their bluetooth device or headphones while they stroll the aisles, I put up with it because I love fresh, locally grown fruits and veggies, and I especially love the [...]

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Flores de calabaza at the farmers market

Written by Maura Hernandez on August 5, 2011
Categories: Finding Mexico in Chicago, Vegetarian/Vegetariano

I’ve been stalking visiting my local farmers markets lately looking for flor de calabaza. And every week since they started bringing them three weeks ago, I’ve arrived too late because they sold out before 9 or 10 A.M. So this past weekend, I got up early on Saturday hoping to get my hands on some, [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: quesadilla de huitlacoche

Written by Maura Hernandez on August 3, 2011
Categories: Finding Mexico in Chicago, Tacomiendo, Vegetarian/Vegetariano, Wordless Wednesday

Over the weekend José and I had dinner at Fogón, an upscale Mexican restaurant that opened this spring in a neighborhood near where we live. I’ll write more about it another time, but I had to share a photo of this earthy-tasting, perfectly over-stuffed quesadilla I ate as an appetizer—it had cheese and huitlacoche (also [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Salsa taquera

Written by Maura Hernandez on July 27, 2011
Categories: Finding Mexico in Chicago, Salsa, Wordless Wednesday

I’ve always been fascinated by the different salsas served alongside my meal at any taquería. I ate all three of these (rojo con chile de árbol; verde con chile serrano y aguacate; cebolla roja con habanero) at my favorite taquería in Chicago, La Lagartija, this past weekend. They were just too pretty to not take [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Taco de cecina

Written by Maura Hernandez on June 22, 2011
Categories: Finding Mexico in Chicago, Tacomiendo, Wordless Wednesday

I ate this incredible taco de cecina last week at La Lagartija Taquería here in Chicago, our favorite changarro. With a homemade tortilla, a light smear of frijoles and a perfectly salted cut of cecina, I was in taco heaven. I topped it with cebolla, cilantro and a drizzle of salsa roja. It’s not on [...]