Birria Tacos

Birria Tacos

Gabriela Camara wrote that anything can be a taco. It is as ubiquitous and versatile as the American sandwich, it can be used for any meal of the day and as the vessel for all of your leftovers. Tacos of some kind are in my 

Salsa Verde

Salsa Verde

I am obsessed with tomatillos, in part because they are very hard to find this far north of Mexico. For those of you unfamiliar, a tomatillo looks like a small green tomato, wrapped in a paper-like husk. While they can be eaten raw, usually chopped 

Project Hot Sauce

Project Hot Sauce

My husband is obsessed with growing hot peppers. It humbly started out as a few small varieties in pots on the balcony of our apartment. These pots housed the typical jalapeno and some nondescript red pepper that in retrospect must have been a Cayenne. I 

Ceviche

Ceviche

This August my husband and I celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary. My parents gave us the best gift possible- they watched our children for an entire week and we went away on vacation just the two of for the first time in five years.