How to cure a ham

A recent trip to the store presented me with a beautiful selection of hams, recently brought in by a local pig farmer. As I picked out the o...

Green chile chowder

“We know people will buy the book for this recipe alone,” was noted on an entry for a green-chile chowder in Seasoned with Sun , the El Paso...

Capirotada, Mexican bread pudding traditional for lent

I did not grow up eating capirotada. Truth be told, I had never even heard of it until a few years ago when I was at a Mexican restaurant on...

Ranch style beans recipe

Fifteen years ago, I was on my way to the Austin airport to catch a flight to New York City when the friend I’d be staying with called and s...

Tacos al carbon

If you were in Houston in the 1980’s, it was hard to escape the ubiquitous tacos al carbon. Ninfa Laurenzo—of the eponymous Ninfa’s—made the...