This is a really simple, homey recipe. There are no quantities listed because it all depends on how many you want to make and sweet potatoes vary in size. These tacos are slightly sweet and the orange-honey dipping sauce gives them an extra kick. Very good on on a cold day.
Sweet potatoes
Water
Cinnamon stick
Corn tortillas
Olive oil
Peel [...]
Fiestas Patrias is a big deal for me. I usually go all out and have a big party, invite tons of people, make mountains of red, white and green food, have papel picado and paper flowers decorating the house, my Aztec dancer group dances, the big Mexican flag is out, there’s music (sometimes mariachis) and [...]
So there was this chocolate sauce just sitting in my fridge, left over from the eclairs. The chocolate glaze was in there too. Seriously, they were calling me, begging not to be left in there on their own. Several times, i walked over and thought maybe I should make more eclairs. Maybe creampuffs. No, it’s [...]
Jasmine really loved the chocolate glaze.
The Challenge: Chocolate Eclairs from Pierre Hermé’s book, Chocolate Desserts by Pierre Hermé.
The Hosts: Tony Tahan and Meetak
Many, many thanks to our wonderful hosts this month. What a wonderful recipe they chose and how supportive and marvelous they were. (Insert applause here).
Hurry up Autumn, I’m getting a [...]
Continue reading about Daring Baker’s Challenge – Eclairs in August
I’ve been craving my grandmother’s arroz con pollo for a couple of days now. I’ve been a little obsessed actually. I can’t remember when the last time I had it was, but it had to have been when I was in my teens. I tried making it a couple of times when I was married, [...]
Oh,…I looked out the window and what did I see,
Popcorn popping on the apricot tree.
Spring had brought me such a nice surprise, popcorn popping right before my eyes.
I can take an armful and make a treat, a popcorn ball that would smell so sweet.
It wasn’t really so… but it seemed to be… Popcorn popping on [...]
My memories are drenched in food.
Coming from a Mexican family with an amazing group of cooks for aunts, grandaunts, second cousins and my phenomenal grandmother Lupe meant that I was surrounded by food: cooking, talking, eating, making, reading about, growing, learning. Food was everywhere and it was never just simple because in my family, [...]
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