On Food & Culture
Bean tamales are traditional all the way from Texas to Puebla to Oaxaca and other regions of Mexican cuisine. I love them because historically they pre-date the arrival of European immigrants who after 1528 started importing pigs and thus lard. All tamales are the occasion …
Mole Poblano and variations are commonplace in Texas and just south of the Rio Grande for special events like weddings and holiday family celebrations. You eat the mole as the principle dish, and in Texas we serve it mainly with chicken, cut up. But you …
Sacred to the Mayas, and enjoyed at banquets by the Aztecs, the Guajolote (Melagris gallopavo) is our Thanksgiving turkey. It was domesticated in Mexico and the Américas before the arrival of the Spaniards. The name is from the nahuatl word, “huexólotl,” which translates as “big …
One of the recipes that I especially like in my book, “Truly Texas Mexican,” is Chile Con Queso. But you will be surprised to learn that my recipe (page 67 in the book) is not the “Queso” dish that is served in many restaurants that …
Not only is this a quick breakfast for those weekdays when you want to hit the road in a good mood, but it’s got protein, complex carbs and lots of vitamins. It’s a Mexican celebration. All of the ingredients in this breakfast were enjoyed in …
Here’s a Crock Pot beef dish that you can assemble before your workday and it will be ready by the time you get home. There are many unheralded culinary creations of working class people that rarely get the type of recognition given to expensive restaurant …
Tortillas de harina, wheat flour tortillas, have many variants along the Rio Grande and the US-Mexico borderlands. They are fluffy and pliant in the south Texas, northeastern Mexico region, while in Sonora they are super thin, almost translucent. New Mexico has its own delicious tortillas …
A couple of years ago I posted this recipe and because today the weather in Houston is a bit nippy, I find myself craving a hearty, hot, spicy seafood dish: Fra Diavolo! Clams and shrimp in tomato and red chile sauce. I like to serve …
Stereotypes appear both in food and film. Sometimes they are employed for humor or satire and at other times they are a pejorative representation of people and places. In this essay I will describe how some Tex- Mex food is stereotypic, how US films depict …
The Museum Of Fine Arts, Houston Presents Art + Cuisine “Truly Texas Mexican: A Native Culinary Heritage In Recipes” (Tickets Online, click here) September 17, 2015 Menu Ensalada Compuesta De Trucha Ahumada Pecan Smoked Trout • Yerbaniz-Chipotle Aioli Frisée • Hoja Santa • Tomato Crispy …