Turkish Cooking with a Mexican View
In my last post I told you all how I fell in love with Turkey: her beauty, history, people and blend of cultures. Well, I also loved the food. Succulent, savory lamb, and roasted and raw vegetables...
View ArticleFastest Restaurant Service in the World/Karne Garibaldi
México, the land of mañana, a place where ahorita (“right now”) means “I am aware of it; we will get to it, eventually…” So imagine our shock this afternoon when we walked into a restaurant across...
View ArticleWonderful New Restaurant and BB in Cerritos
We made a terrific new discovery today, out of the blue. A wonderful little restaurant right on the beach with a laid-back style and … drumroll please … a very creative menu: Jamaican jerk beef, sun...
View ArticleCooking Class at Molika: Pesce in crosta di sale
I’m privileged to have a terrific group of lady friends who like to cook, and we get together to learn and to teach one another once a month or so. In addition to our Thai cooking classes, we’ve made...
View ArticleCould You Cook Your Holiday Dinner Here?
We recently had the very good pleasure of traveling to our friend’s hometown, San Ignacio, Sinaloa. It’s just over an hour from Mazatlán. On the way we stopped for one of the best breakfasts I’ve had...
View ArticleLife with Teenage Boy: The Art of Food Self-Defense
Greg barbecued chicken for us the other day. It was mightily good. Really good. There were grilled veggies to go with it, lots of mushrooms. He made a lot of the chicken, as you can see below (we are...
View ArticleMukimono in Mazatlán
I’ve been noticing so much more Japanese influence in Mazatlán lately, despite all the cream cheese people insist on putting in what they call sushi here. Yet one more very cool event this week was...
View ArticleMy Interview with the Queen of Sinaloan Cooking
In 2010 UNESCO honored traditional Mexican cuisine as the first and ONLY world cuisine to be named an Intangible World Heritage.* Cooking is part of the cultural identity of a community, and I’m more...
View ArticleLove Fresh Produce?
Mazatlán is blessed with a cornucopia of fresh locally grown vegetables and fruits, as well as those that arrive here from the interior of the country. Yet the large variety astounds those of us who...
View ArticleCuisine and Culture of Sinaloa
One of the key attractions of Mazatlán, beyond its incredible natural beauty and its amazingly friendly and resourceful people, is its food. We all love our ceviches, aguachiles, shrimp and fish in...
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