My Mexican Kitchen

Photo by Geni Certain My recent post on cannoli elicited some enthusiastic reader response, particularly from Jackipdx. We agreed that whil...

We went today with two friends to Capula, Michoacán, where we bought pottery items. In the town itself, we sampled some "pan corriente...

I was leafing through my tattered edition of The Joy of Cooking , when I found a strange entry for Mexican Tomato Sauce . The writers prefac...

Our days are full, and so are we. Yesterday was an unusual, but enjoyable example. In the late morning, were treated by our neighbors, Geni ...

There's a famous line from the movie, "The Godfather", a set-up for the punchline, "Leave the gun, take the cannoli"...

I think of all the cuisines of the world that I've tried, I like best that of Italy. Fortunately, with a bit of flexibility, appropriate...

Announcement: I won't be italicizing Spanish words from here on. It's just too much extra work. So enjoy these last italic lines whi...

One of the lesser, but frequent challenges for the expat in Mexico is ordering eggs in a restaurant. If you are fussy about how you want the...

We were invited to a Winter Solstice Party last night at Ed 'n Lyns' house. I decided to make something different as part of our con...

Last Friday, we were waiting out on the zagúan (porch) of la Presidencia in Tzintzuntzan (sort of our county seat), while the young couple...

One week to the day after a sumptuous Thanksgiving dinner at the home of our friends in Tzurumútaro, the DuBosques, we were invited to anoth...

El Horno de Los Sueños (From the My Mexican Kitchen archives of 2006.) MORELIA, Michoacán, México — In a working-class, commercial colonia o...

There are few dishes easier to make and as satisfying to eat as a good meat loaf. It is not hard to make it in a kitchen in Mexico. You'...

I've been pretty consumed lately by the U.S. election, the growing violence in México, and the collapse of the U.S. and world economy. N...

We'd considered 3 restaurants in the Centro Histórico for our "splurge" meal. One, El Círculo Vasco Español features mostly S...

Last weekend, we went to Mexico City to mark my 66th birthday with, umm, cultural activities and feasting. The cultural part was pretty muc...

Nearly every day, Alejandro the Baker Man comes out of his family's home bakery with the glass and wood showcase on his head. He deftly ...