Easy Cooking Recipes for Dinner and Lunch: Mexican Food

Orange & Milk Braised Pork Carnitas – Apparently for Cinco de Mayo

It must have been the subliminal beer and liquor advertising that got me, because I wasn’t even thinking about Cinco de Mayo when I decided ...

There’s nothing like carnitas. Cubes of fragrantly spiced pork are slowly cooked in lard until they’re crispy on the outside, while at the s...

As legend has it, many years ago in Tucson, AZ, a woman accidentally dropped a burrito into a deep fryer. She started to blurt out a common ...

“Agua Fresca” translates to “Fresh Water,” which is kind of funny, since it’s made mostly from fresh fruit. Sometimes I do extensive researc...

I know a recipe came out well when my wife Michele says something to the effect of, “we can never have this made any other way, ever,” which...

Fish “Veracruz” was the first “authentic” Mexican recipe I ever ate. I had it 30 years ago at the Casa Del Sol in Saranac Lake, NY, where I ...

Cinco de Mayo, or as I like to call it "Mexican St. Patrick’s Day," is almost here, and as everyone knows, the cornerstone of any ...

Unlike nacho cheese sauce , the nutritional label on a jar of pickled jalapenos isn’t very scary at all, so you can’t use that as an excuse ...

Here's a collection of video recipes featuring fantastic food inspired by the cuisines of Central and South America. You never forget yo...

This recipe doesn't pretend to be anything it's not - this is simply a super-fast casserole that shares a few similarities to chicke...

As promised, here is my basic version of chilaquiles, a classic Mexican mixture of fried tortillas, cheese, an d salsa verde, often made wit...

My all-time favorite fast food in the whole world is a Taco al Pastor. I live right next to the "Mission," whic h is San Francisco...

I w as very excited when I saw Huevos Rancheros on my ass ignment list for About.com. It's one of those breakfast r ecipes that I love,...

I just filmed a flour tortilla video for About.com, but since I'm not sure when it will air, I thought I would post this video I found o...

This short and fascinating video recipe for spicy tomato rice will hopefully add a very nice, all-purpose side dish to your repertoire. Beli...

Ask someone from Mexico or Central America about homemade tamales, and you will see love in his or her eyes. Ask them about the all-American...

Aunt Mary's was a popular brunch restaurant here in San Francisco that served a wonderfully homey array of Mexican and Salvadorian dishe...

Gee, if I knew the reviews of RR's cooking skills were going to be so great I wouldn't have featured him! As you know, I work alone,...

During culinary school I worked at a Mexican restaurant in Saranac Lake, NY, called Casa Del Sol. Which, as we used to joke, means "Cas...

Dulce de leche means "milk candy," and it's basically a thick caramel-like syrup made from slowly cooking milk and sugar. It i...

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