tamales are corn pillows of ♥

because of the full moon & half eclipse which is grating my energy, i decided to make tamales. they are usually done for only special occasions in other cultures because they are tedious & time consuming, which really calms me. friday was the perfect day to make green chili cheese & red chili pork tamales. [...]

easy peasy guacamole with jicama

my favorite thing to do on a saturday morning is grocery shop for ingredients for the weekend meals. there was a woman pushing the avocados, giving free samples. they were a buck a piece & perfect ripeness. i was surprised how many people don’t like avocados or fear them. not me. it’s probably my favorite [...]

tamales

it’s been awhile since i made tamales. it’s another labor intensive process. i seem to gravitate towards cooking things that take the longest. the reason i made these was because i wanted to see how the short ribs & black mole would taste with the masa. i just had a feeling it would work. tamales [...]

pollo achiote con guayabo

i had a lot of guava paste leftover from my previous dish so i decided to make a savory dish to contrast the oh-so-very-sweet phyllo pouches. because of my familiarity with all kinds of regional mexican because i worked for rick bayless at frontera grill, i decided on achiote chicken skewers with guava sauce . [...]