This Pinto Bean Soup (Sopa Tarasca) has a reward-to-effort ratio that’s off the charts. By keeping just a few key ingredients on hand you’ll always have the option of turning this popular soup into a whoa-what-is-this meal. Quick summary of instructions: Put bowl of Sopa Tarasca on kitchen table along with spoon, lime wedges, and a quesadilla bursting…
Corn and Poblano Soup
It’s tough to improve on this Corn and Poblano Soup from Diana Kennedy so she deserves the credit here. It seems to achieve an ideal balance between the corn and the roasted poblanos. Easier said than done. In her book The Essential Cuisines of Mexico, Ms. Kennedy cites Senora Cantu as the inspiration for her…
Roasted Poblano Soup
This Roasted Poblano Soup is proof that poblano peppers are introverts. They don’t do so well in groups and seem to prefer hanging out with one or two good friends. And in this case, it’s a final dash of acidity that gets the call. That’s all you need here to make the poblanos thrive, so…
Mexican Black Bean Soup
My new favorite soup. Easy to make, filling, and it tastes incredible. Sound too good to be true? Mother Nature deserves the credit here as the simple black bean is doing most of the heavy lifting. Our job is to add just enough flava to make these nutritional powerhouses sing. Mexican Black Bean Soup Recipe…
Mexican Lentil Soup (Vegetarian Version)
In Mexico lentils are typically paired with mucho meat to form hearty stews, with bacon and chorizo being the most common counterparts. But for anyone leaning towards a plant-based diet, this vegetarian version of Mexican Lentil Soup retains all the flavor of the traditional stews and skips the meat. It’s easy to keep all of these ingredients…
Sopa de Aguacate – Is Your Kitchen Stocked?
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…
