will search and post later. This was truly Mexican and not Mex-American or Tex Mex. Mole Poblano, Pozole, house made tamales, menudo, beef tongue tacos all the great mexican classics wiothout the americanized versions. it is a...

'll get out of life. If I take a small taste and still don’t like it, there’s no harm done. I always dislike pumpkin pie until I had a piece mostly to please the baker. And loved it. And the first time I tasted good...

That is my beef about Flay. I understand he made his name by going the southwestern route but in his grilling show, it seems he did everything southwestern, add some poblano here, some chipotle there, some cilantro there and its...

.e. not a taqueria), with a Mexican as opposed to New Mexican menu. I don’t recall most of the menu, but this was the first place I had ‘rajas’ - creamed poblano pepper strips in cream, served, if I recall...

at cooking) easily, why pay for it. My example of an inexpensive meal is the little whole in the wall I love so dearly, Burrito Poblano. A burrito, some chips and salsa, and a side of rice and beans. I think the whole shabang...

I usually stick to the gyro/falafel route, but their greek salad is massive and has lots of feta, the stuffed grape leaves are very good, the hummus is some of the best I’ve ever had, too. Even my picky Grandmother liked it...

-enhancing qualities as MSG. You don’t add enough to make the dish spicy, just enough to sort of slap the taste buds awake. Using sweet-but-hot peppers such as poblanos instead of bell pepper in cooked dishes has very much...

tomaneng — I have three chubby little sugar pumpkins on my windowsill, and I think I will bake one off and try that southwestern pumpkin soup with fresh pumpkin. I read some of the reviews and I’ll add a roasted...

are at Cozy Cactus (see also ChowNews #72, #106). His favorite: chicken enchiladas in poblano cream sauce, a special. Intense salsas too. Favorite chorizo: Guelaguetza (see also ChowNews #3, #4, #6, #15, #25, #33, #43, #45, #47,...

Habanero - 1290262 lbs Invernadero - 2214483 lbs Jalapeno - 119015696 lbs Mirasol - 4095881 lbs Piquin - 60441 lbs Poblano - 38822919 lbs Rocotto - 150419 lbs Rocotto - 484529 lbs Serranos - 34465081 lbs Soledad

My girlfriend and I regularly eat at some of the best restaurants in the East Bay for $15 per person. Share two starters and one main (or pizza) and we’re stuffed, and we’re not drinkers. We do this at Pizzaiolo, Dopo...

-called “rice wine” is in fact a beer. And in the second place, your dismissal of Northern European and UK food as “bad” bespeaks either profound ignorance of the subject or simply that it’s not to...