At Paraty, Brazil’s Academy of Cooking and Other Pleasures, chef Yara Castro Roberts and her photographer husband Richard (authors of the Brazilian recipe book The Brazilian Table) teach travelers to prepare four course dinners based each night on a different region of Brazil. One of Yara’s signature dishes is Trouxinha…
“Men would weep, priests would renounce their gods, children run crying to their mothers, but in Uruguay it is beloved, revered…” So Anthony Bordain, over sweeping classical music, introduces Uruguay’s national dish, the chivito. For any true lover of sandwiches, there may well be weeping involved, but they will be…
So you have tons of turkey from the day before. Now what to do with it? Wrap it in a tortilla of course and slather it with heart disease. This is a really simple, extremely quick way to make a new meal out of that turkey. There are quite a…
At the 2nd floor restaurant in the Hotel Basico in Playa del Carmen, called Marisqueria, which is basically a mock food cart serving up Mexican street foods with a contemporary touch alongside tequila cocktails overlooking a much less authentic Quinta Avenida, I first came across the aguachile. The aquachile (agua=water,…
Milanesas can be made with steak, veal, chicken, or even vegetarian with soy. The protein is dipped into eggs and then patted with the bread crumb crust and shallow-fried. Milanesas are often served with mashed potatoes, buttered noodles, or salad as accompaniments and make for quick, healthy lunches.…
Freddy’s bar at Orient Express' Maroma Resort and Spa on the Riviera Maya seems a little bit out of ordinary compared with the bars of the neighboring resorts. While Corona and fried chicken wings are being served elsewhere, Freddy’s has a Tequila and Ceviche Bar with more than 100 tequilas…
I’m quite fond of eating fruit in salad form, though it usually ends up a soupy mess. Jicama, like apple, stays firm no matter how much juice is splashed on it and makes a nice bar snack as cubes when just drizzled with lime and sprinkled with chile powder. Also…
Ají de Gallina is one of the first Peruvian recipes that picky North American eaters fall in love with. To put it simply, it is shredded chicken served in a mildly spicy, nutty sauce with a side of white rice. The dish’s origins date back to the Vice Royalty, around…
October is called El Mes Morada, or the purple month, in Lima because this is when El Señor de Milagros, or the Lord of Miracles, a massive religious procession, is held in the historic center. El Señor de los Milagros is the most revered image of Christ on the Peruvian…
Ceviche can take on many forms, not just the Peruvian style. Every Latin country has some variation and a growing number of fusion restaurants are incorporating Asian flavors. This simple Asian influenced salmon ceviche recipe takes only minutes to prepare and taste great.…
