Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Can I Taste?
I've been experimenting in the kitchen this week with a new cookbook I picked up from a "best buy" shelf at my local Borders Bookstore, called "Mexico the Beautiful." For all of $9.99, I now have recipes for just about everything I always like to eat at traditional Mexican restaurants (barbacoa, enchiladas verdes, pastel de tres leches) and taquerias (cochinitas pibil, asada) but had no clue how to make.
It took me a while to compile all the ingredients I needed to make the dishes I had in mind, but the end result was well worth it. I made chicken chilaquiles with (from scratch) salsa verde and (freshly fried) corn tortillas. I made a red chile sauce from pasilla and California red chiles for enchiladas rojas. I made my own crema from sour and heavy cream. I even used the recipe for tres leches as inspiration for the cake I made last Thursday. And perhaps I will share these recipes.
But why do I tell you all this?
I don't know if you have noticed, but on the left sidebar, there is a column titled "On the Menu This Week." For those of you that come to my place for dinner and ask me for recipes, or who are jealous of the lunches I bring in from work, or who salivate due to my descriptions of the food I cooked recently, you should be checking here often for new recipes that I test out myself. They're for sharing with you, and they rock. Otherwise, I wouldn't post them for you. When you don't know what you feel like making and need some inspiration, check them out; I doubt they will disappoint.
Happy cooking!
It took me a while to compile all the ingredients I needed to make the dishes I had in mind, but the end result was well worth it. I made chicken chilaquiles with (from scratch) salsa verde and (freshly fried) corn tortillas. I made a red chile sauce from pasilla and California red chiles for enchiladas rojas. I made my own crema from sour and heavy cream. I even used the recipe for tres leches as inspiration for the cake I made last Thursday. And perhaps I will share these recipes.
But why do I tell you all this?
I don't know if you have noticed, but on the left sidebar, there is a column titled "On the Menu This Week." For those of you that come to my place for dinner and ask me for recipes, or who are jealous of the lunches I bring in from work, or who salivate due to my descriptions of the food I cooked recently, you should be checking here often for new recipes that I test out myself. They're for sharing with you, and they rock. Otherwise, I wouldn't post them for you. When you don't know what you feel like making and need some inspiration, check them out; I doubt they will disappoint.
Happy cooking!
