On Food & Culture
We will be serving/performing this meal at the Aurora Picture Show while above the diners, on a giant screen, art videos by Chicano filmmakers will play. The art show explores how films and food share texture, pacing, history, and how they perform similar aesthetic functions …
I had a delicious breakfast at El Puesto restaurant in San Antonio, Texas. It is the third in a row of Texas Mexican restaurants, next to each other, in the West side of San Antonio on old US Highway 90. Each of the three restaurants …
When you just feel like having friends over for a “gussied up” dinner party, try this delicious mushroom strudel. This lacto-vegetarian dish is rich and fancy, but you can assemble everything ahead of time and, when your friends arrive, pop it in the oven. No, …
The second in our series of essays leading up to the Food & Film art event in March. Stereotypes in Food and Film Stereotypes appear both in food and film. Sometimes they are employed for humor or satire and at other times they are a …
This is the first in a series of posts about food and film, and how the two have similar artistic goals, production strategies and relationships with community. I include video when using the term, film. The series is leading toward March 28 when we will …
This morning I thought about the thousands of acres of prime farmland dedicated to growing corn that will not feed anyone at all! It will go to make fuel, as in this picture of trucks emptying corn into an ethanol plant in Iowa. Corn for …
Want to wish you a new year full, “llenísimo de lo bueno que nos da dios,” of health, love and safe surround. I awoke early and made these buñuelos, remembering my younger days with amá, apá and all my brother and sisters. These are as …
If you are near Houston, Texas we hope you will join us for an art happening that integrates film and food. Hosted by The Aurora Picture Show, this evening event explores and celebrates the aesthetic ways in which both film and food serve to promote …
Sometimes you just feel like indulging. These chorizo tacos are weekend festive events, a taste that bursts with tang, spice, no-fuss enjoyment. Be sure to add Jalapeños en escabeche (pickled jalapeños) to continue the vinegar of the chorizo and add a piquant lift. This recipe …
Hello, fellow Vegans, welcome to traditional vegan cuisine, an oft-overlooked dimension of Texas Mexican cuisine. These bean tamales are in every Mexican American home in Texas. Well I can’t make such an absolute statement, but I can say that they were definitely in my home …