Remember when we were talking about stock being the secret weapon that restaurants have over you? This barebones Sopa de Aguacate is the perfect litmus test to gauge whether the stock in your kitchen is that secret weapon, or if it’s pointing down at your own foot. It’s the simplest recipe in the world, but if…
Homemade Stock Is the Secret
What if the chefs from your ten favorite restaurants came over to your kitchen one day and said: Look, we’re willing to tell you our biggest secret. It’s the secret that keeps people coming back to our restaurants to pay absurd prices for meals that cost us nearly nothing to make. After we tell you…
Chili Pepper 101
chili / chilᐧe / ’Chilē / noun: a small hot-tasting pod of a variety of Capsicum the crown jewel of Mexican cuisine your new best friend There are hundreds of varieties of fresh chili peppers. Then add in that dried chili peppers have a different name than their fresh counterparts and it can get confusing…
3 Keys to Perfect Homemade Salsa
When I walk past the salsa aisle in the grocery store I give it the Hand. Like a fed-up mother who doesn’t want to hear it. Or a traffic cop halting a lane of approaching cars. Or a dude who knows that store-bought salsa just doesn’t come close to the real thing. Spend five minutes…