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Mexican

  • Make Your Own Taco Night (with Homemade Corn Tortillas)

    Make Your Own Taco Night (with Homemade Corn Tortillas)

    When you have a three year-old staying with you, chances are you’re probably not going out to dinner. We did go out one night and that’s a whole story in and of itself. Most nights, though, I cooked and that turned out to be a lot of fun, coming up with food to make for…

  • It’s So Easy To Make Your Own Corn Tortillas

    It’s So Easy To Make Your Own Corn Tortillas

    This weekend my brain burst open like a piñata when I discovered, after much hemming and hawing, how easy it is to make your own corn tortillas. At Christmas, Craig’s parents bought me a tortilla press (which I’d put on my list) and I very matter-of-factly shelved it away when I got home, telling myself…

  • Quick Breakfast Tacos

    Quick Breakfast Tacos

    After I made those excellent carnitas tacos, I had lots of Mexican ingredients leftover. Jalapeños. Corn tortillas. Sour cream. Well that’s not a Mexican ingredient, but it would be if I called it Mexican crema. So let’s call it crema so my first paragraph makes sense. This often happens after I make a big dinner:…

  • My 10 Favorite Places to Eat in L.A. (So Far)

    My 10 Favorite Places to Eat in L.A. (So Far)

    Imagine a giant hour glass filled not with sand but with calories. That’s pretty much a perfect visual for this first year of living in and exploring L.A., eating my way from ocean to desert, hopping from cuisine to cuisine. As I said in my post yesterday, for my budget and interest-level, L.A. has more…

  • Breakfast “Burrito” with Two Salsas

    Breakfast “Burrito” with Two Salsas

    You may have noticed that I’ve been posting more and more original recipes here. I like that. It makes me feel like, in the past 7+ years of running this blog, I’ve learned a thing or two. Still; not everything I do is a major success. Sometimes my original conception for a dish doesn’t work…