Skip to Recipe Puerco Pibil, also known as Cochinita Pibil, is Yucatan-style barbecued pork. The name comes from the cooking method of the pork. Traditionally, it’s cooked in a Mayan oven called a pib, a hole in the ground lined with hot stones. My first exposure to puerco pibil was watching a Robert Rodriguez movie
My first year at my current job, I was amazed at the massive influx of mangoes during mango season. It was like homeowners couldn’t get rid of them fast enough. That’s how Mango Madness was born, and Mango Season every year since then has been dedicated to mango-fying anything that I can think of. Mango
One of my favorite things to get at Mexican/Tex-Mex eateries is a burrito smothered in sauce. Depending on the place, it’s either red sauce or green sauce, but definitely red sauce over green. A friend of mine has been trying to recreate the red sauce from her favorite Mexican eatery. While this recipe wasn’t an exact
Skip to Recipe Mango season is in full swing, and the creative juices are flowing! Trying to figure out what to make with mango every year is often a challenge. Often, however, an idea just pops into my head that makes me say “Why the heck didn’t I think of that before!?” That was the
Another Fourth of July, approaches. In addition to another year to celebrate our nation’s independence, it’s yet another reason to eat things that are red, white, blue, or a combination of all three. Normally, this means flag cakes or tri-color jello molds, but I am thinking out of the box this year. I’m thinking red
This is kind of an unorthodox post. Most of the time, when I write a review, it’s mostly so that my friends and family know where to eat locally. Platillos Voladores (Spanish for “Flying Saucers”) is not exactly local. In fact, it’s not even in this country. I’m actually writing this review at the insistence
Skip to recipe Shrimp and grits are something that I have only recently tried, and was pretty ambivalent towards. I guess it just didn’t click because it’s not something that I grew up eating. But, during a conversation at work one day, we were talking about what foods could and could not be made “buffalo-style,”
Dulce de leche is basically the product of sweetened milk that is cooked until it darkens and thickens. Dulce de leche, or arequipe as it’s known in Colombia, is getting more and more popular in the US. And, with more households investing in a pressure cooker or Instant Pot, making it at home has never been
Since getting my Instant Pot, I have discovered how easy it is to make yogurt at home. I make about two weeks’ worth of yogurt at a time and portion it out in jar to take to work with me. Sometimes, I add fresh fruit, but more frequently I eat it with fruit compote. Peach
I must admit that it came as a shock to me to find out that Phoenix, Arizona is kind of “on the map” as one of the go-to cities in the US for pizza lovers. I expected it to shine in Southwestern food, but my few visits to my sister over there have left me