Crusted over the charcoal but still juicy, chopped carne asada waits to meet the tortilla of its dreams.
I thought the recipes the Internet yielded for al pastor marinades were all over the place - until I started studying up on carne asada.
It’s grilled beef, but that’s where the agreement ends. There are people - many [...]
It might look like a lot of work, but when you’re surrounded by a kitchen full of hungry friends, it’ll be worth it.
After a fair bit of research, the al pastor recipe I ended up using combined a Los Angeles Times recipe with Rick Bayless’ adobo, “red chile marinade,” from Authentic Mexican. Both use ancho [...]
The taco el pastor trompo in its natural habitat.
Tacos al pastor, essentially crispy chile pork, are one of the most popular tacos in Mexico City. The funny thing is, they’re Lebanese.
Turns out a sizeable contingent of Lebanese immigrants arrived in Mexico City in the 19th Century. They couldn’t source the spices for their beloved [...]
Slices of pork marinated in chiles, spices and ever some pineapple juice, crisping around the edges until it’s shaved off onto a tortilla: Meet al pastor.
This is what happens when you live in Buffalo, N.Y. and have been plagued by recurring, intrusive thoughts of tacos al pastor:
You get busy.
Surely, you murmur to yourself [...]
Thomas Keller uses a lot more diced onion, plus chives in his Bouchon lentil salad - but my testers found it a bit much.
The French lentil is quite possibly my favorite legume. It doesn’t require soaking or fiddling to cook up nicely, and it holds it shape instead of dissolving as you stir.
It also has [...]
You’ve got your bacon in my chocolate. (Photo by Lauren Maynard).
Lauren Newkirk Maynard is an editor and food writer in Buffalo
Move over, Britney. Now that Halloween’s sugar high has worn off, it’s time for a Vosges Mo’s Bacon Bar.
It’s 41 percent cacao (that’s milk chocolate to the rest of us) with a touch [...]
Trillin: I’m no food writer
The first sentence of the first chapter of “American Fried” lays down the gantlet:
“The best restaurants in the world are, of course, in Kansas City. Not all of them; only the top four or five. Anyone who has visited Kansas City and still doubts that statement has my sympathy: He never [...]
Sometimes it all comes together: Giordano bacon, Native Offerings arugula, Kathy’s focaccia - OK, sure, Hellman’s mayonnaise. It rang all the cherries on the Yum-O-Meter.
It’s a sighful moment to each autumn: That mouthful when your summer of flavorful, tender tomatoes ends.
But if you are a gardener, or know one, it might not be [...]
