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Jason deCaires Taylor: New Work 2012 24 May 2012 | 03:26 am
One of Jason deCaires Taylor new underwater pieces at MUSA is one he created while partnering with Marine Biologist Heather Spence and Colegio Ecab A.C. The Listener portrays a lone figure that is ass...
Pescado En Tikin Xic / Baked Fish in Achiote 17 Apr 2012 | 06:42 am
Banana leaves are everywhere in The Yucatán. They are very large and pliable and when food is wrapped in them and baked, the dish takes on the subtle flavor of the leaf. The cooks of The Yucatán use b...
Cilantro Rice 23 Jan 2012 | 04:10 am
To be completely honest, I don’t know if Cilantro Rice is a Yucatecan dish or not! I just thought it would go well with some Black Beans and another Yucatecan dish that I was making. The lovely part o...
Xni-Pek 21 Jan 2012 | 05:28 am
Xni-Pek – I’ve also seen it written Xnipec, Xni’Pek – is a fresh salsa made from white onion, tomatoes, cilantro, habanero chile, sour orange, and salt. In Mayan, Xni-Pek means dog’s nose, and while t...
Coriander And Coriander 19 Jan 2012 | 04:29 am
Or, wait, is it Cilantro? In the States, we know the green leafy plant as Cilantro and the earthy brown powder made from the seeds of the Cilantro plant as Ground Coriander, but in most of the rest o...
Guacamole 16 Jan 2012 | 10:51 pm
Guacamole was always a mystery to me when I was younger. I did not grow up in a place that had such exotic fruit as the avocado. Nor did we have any Mexican restaurants in our world. The first time I ...
Panuchos And Salbutes 13 Jan 2012 | 10:43 pm
Before I give you this recipe for Panuchos – a simple tortilla topped with yummy stuff – I honestly have to say that this is my version of Panuchos, pictured at left. The Recipe Panuchos are made wi...
Sopa de Lima 11 Jan 2012 | 10:52 pm
Sopa de Lima is a Chicken Lime Soup that can be both warm in the winter as well as refreshing in the summer. This recipe has tomato in it, which gives it its color, although most photographs you see o...
Handmade Corn Tortillas 9 Jan 2012 | 04:50 am
Fresh, handmade corn tortillas are easy to make and a delight to eat and they have so much more flavor than the store bought variety! The hard part is forming them. I don’t have a tortilla press, so ...
Photo Of The Day: Sour Orange Still Life 7 Jan 2012 | 02:55 pm
Many recipes from The Yucatan call for Naranja Agria, Sour Oranges. While writing up a few recipe posts, I wrote that: You might think that an orange is an orange, but that’s not so, at least in this...
