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  Chiles en Nogada

  08.09.11 | Permalink | 1 Comment | By Jonathan

  Enjoyed by my mother at Mexico City restaurant el Bajío, this dish is called Chiles en Nogada. Nogal means walnut tree, and the dish is made from a poblano chili filled with picadillo, a ground meat and spice mixture, and served with a walnut-based cream sauce and finished with pomegranate seeds. All together it is [...]

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  Mexican Food Marathon

  01.04.11 | Permalink | 7 Comments | By Jonathan

  I have just returned from a belly-busting Mexican food marathon in Acapulco, where our tireless chef prepared dish after delectable dish. We swam in seas of salsa, rode the highs of habanero and conceived countless cheese babies. We snacked on cacahuate japones by the bucket, crunched the chicharrón from a thousand pigs and passed around [...]

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  Grasshoppers with Avocado

  02.24.10 | Permalink | Comment? | By Jonathan

  Avid reader Philip sent in this blackberry photo from Oaxaca featuring grasshopper bar snacks, with avocado. Yum!

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  Nopal Salad

  01.26.10 | Permalink | Comment? | By Jonathan

  Perhaps my last foodandtell from Mexico this Christmas,  a Nopal salad. Nopal is a cactus that is native to Mexico and has lots of health benefits and can be a bit slimy like okra.

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  homemade tamales

  01.19.10 | Permalink | Comment? | By Jonathan

  An absolute highlight of my Mexican overeating were these homemade tamales, a corn dish that dates back to Aztec traditions. We had green and red tamales, and I preferred the green (pictured). The husks were grilled beforehand, giving them a  blackened look and imparting a very savory flavor. Unfortunately I got too involved with eating [...]

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  chile rellenos

  01.18.10 | Permalink | Comment? | By Jonathan

  One of my favorite Mexican dishes is Chile Rellenos. It is a roasted poblano pepper stuffed with queso Chihuahua or queso Oaxaca and then covered in egg batter or flour and fried. Chile Rellenos normally has a nice amount of heat but without being too hot. The ones pictured were excellent and hard to stop [...]

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  Fried Plantains

  01.14.10 | Permalink | Comment? | By Jonathan

  Grilled plantains are soft, chewy and less sweet than bananas. They are a wonderful side dish for many meals.

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  Arrachera

  01.13.10 | Permalink | Comment? | By Jonathan

  Pictured is a delicious platter of arrachera, which is marinated skirt steak, served with roast vegetables and hot peppers. Delicious!

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  Mexican Food and Tell

  01.12.10 | Permalink | Comment? | By Jonathan

  I was lucky enough to spend the holidays being served outrageous quantities of Mexican food by Mexican cooks. And although I didn’t get much by way of recipes, I do have a bunch of photos to share. Watch this space!

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