Category Archives: Food around the world

a collection of restaurant reviews, recipes, menus and ingredients from everywhere and anywhere!

From the Central Region of Mexico: Bistec con Nopales, Chorizo y Frijoles

Posted on January 3, 2013 by albatz

This is the main course from our cooking class featuring food from the heart of Mexico: Bistec con Nopales, Chorizo y Frijoles ‘Bistec‘ (beefsteak) is an inside round steak, sliced roulade-style, and marinated for several hours in a mix of oil, … Continue reading →

Posted in Food around the world | Tagged anchos, beans, bistec, chiles, chorizo, cooking, food, frijoles, Mexican, Mexico, nopales, recipe, salsa, steak | 2 Comments

Wildberry atole ‘custard’ with home-made almond ice cream

Posted on January 2, 2013 by albatz

Continuing on with our Michoacán menu, the dessert was a wildberry atole ‘custard’ with home-made almond ice cream. Atoles are usually hot drinks made of masa (corn flour), with the addition of unrefined cane sugar, cinnamon-infused water, as well as optional vanilla, … Continue reading →

Posted in Food around the world | Tagged atole, berry, cooking, food, ice cream, masa, menu, Mexican, Mexico, Michoacan | Comments Off

Agua de Jamaica, a Type of Agua Fresca or ‘Iced Tea’

Posted on January 1, 2013 by albatz

Aguas Frescas are the Mexican answer to iced teas. Agua de jamaica is one of the more popular flavours, a sweet/sour ‘tea’ that refreshes on a hot Mexican afternoon. In our class we made ‘Agua de Jamaica‘ by adding the dried … Continue reading →

Posted in Food around the world | Tagged agua, cooking, cuisine, drink, flowers, food, health, iced tea, jamaica, menu, Mexican, Mexico, recipe | Comments Off

Mexican Cooking Class: Sopa Tarasca from Patzcuaro

Posted on December 31, 2012 by albatz

door way into a secret jardin, Patzcuaro. It was in 1976 that I first went to Patzcuaro, and on that first trip I fell in love with the city. And when I was in Patzcuaro, I fell in love with … Continue reading →

Posted in Food around the world, Travel | Tagged cheese, chiles, cooking, cuisine, food, guajillo, Mexican, Mexico, Michoacan, pasilla, Patzcuaro, recipe, sopa Tarasca, soup, tortilla | Comments Off

Mexican cooking class featuring a menu from Puebla

Posted on December 29, 2012 by albatz

This menu is from my Mexican cooking class featuring the foods of the state of Puebla. My favourite dish of the evening was the ‘sopa poblano‘, a creamy almost vegetarian soup to die for. Served along with the soup was … Continue reading →

Posted in Food around the world | Tagged chia, chicken, chiles, cooking, cuisine, dish, food, jalapeno, limonada, masa, menu, Mexican, Mexico, Mole, molotes, Puebla, recipe, rice, salsa, sopa poblano, soup, tomato | 1 Comment

Mexican cooking from Oaxaca, the land of the 7 moles

Posted on December 26, 2012 by albatz

Mexican cooking from state of Oaxaca, the land of the 7 moles. Moles are the super-rich chile-based sauces and there are all sorts of moles. But mole is only one of many Oaxacan specialities. Here are some more: Sopa de milpa … Continue reading →

Posted in Food around the world, Travel | Tagged beans, cheese, chiles, cooking, cuisine, dessert, food, grasshopper, market, menu, Mexican, Mexico, mezcal, Mole, moles, Oaxaca, queso asadero, recipe, sopa, soup | Comments Off

Moles, the super rich chile-based sauces from Mexico

Posted on December 23, 2012 by albatz

I used to think that ‘mole‘ was the name of the super-rich (almost too rich) dark sauce weirdly containing chocolate. From my Mexican cooking class I learned that ‘mole’ comes from the indigenous word ‘molli’, describing a thick sauce formed from … Continue reading →

Posted in Food around the world | Tagged chicken, chiles, cooking, cuisine, food, menu, Mexican, Mexico, Oaxaca, recipe | Comments Off

Mole Poblano Sencillo, a dark mole from the state of Puebla

Posted on December 23, 2012 by albatz

This is a great recipe to use with left-over turkey. The rich spiciness of the mole is a perfect compliment to the dark meat of the turkey, and in fact, turkey was probably the original meat used in moles as … Continue reading →

Posted in Food around the world | Tagged chicken, chiles, chocolate, cooking, cuisine, food, menu, Mexican, Mexican-style, Mexico, Mole, mole negro, poblano, Puebla, rice | Comments Off

Mole Coloradito, a traditional mole from Oaxaca

Posted on December 22, 2012 by albatz

The Mole Coloradito (red mole) with Chochoyotes (dumplings) was a complex layered sauce made of spices and chocolate, and incredibly rich. the chicken was boiled ahead of time with onion and garlic; some of the broth was used when all the chiles were … Continue reading →

Posted in Food around the world | Tagged chicken, chiles, cuisine, food, menu, Mexican, Mexico, Mole, Oaxaca, sauce, traditional | Comments Off

Tesmole de pollo mazateco from Oaxaca

Posted on December 21, 2012 by albatz

Tezmoles are a traditional dish from the Mazateca region of Oaxaca. They are often prepared in association with spiritual ceremonies. some of the more unusual ingredients for ‘Tesmole de pollo mazateco‘ are achiote paste, yerba santa leaves and chiltepe chiles. start by … Continue reading →

Posted in Food around the world | Tagged chicken, chiles, cooking, cuisine, food, menu, Mexican, Mexico, Oaxaca, recipe, rice, Tesmole | Comments Off

Category Archives: Food around the world

Categories