Huevos Rancheros Friday night was Bunco night, and my turn to host and cook for twelve woman. I made tortilla soup and enchilada stacks for everyone. We washed it down with Palomas and had a much needed fun girls night. The morning after, leftovers are such a welcomed gift after a long night. I woke up opened the refrigerator and saw leftover enchilada sauce from the stacks and tortilla strips from the soup. I could make chilequiles […]
GUACAMOLE WITH GRILLED CORN AND COTIJA CHEESE MANGO MARGARITA WITH TAJIN Labor Day is the perfect day to keep everything simple. Guacamole and a refreshing margarita sounds perfect on a hot day like today. Let’s put our feet up and sip on this cocktail and dig into the creamy, delicious guacamole. For years I’ve been asked to make guacamole and mango margaritas for family occasions. Now the recipe is yours. You will be the […]
CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP Anytime we are in a restaurant and tortilla soup is on the menu, I order it. It has to be one of my all time favorite things to eat. On a rainy day it is usually the first thing I think of making for dinner. Tonight it rained in California. This might be the last rain we see for awhile, so I decided to make soup before summer. Otherwise, I have to wait […]
BEER BATTERED FISH TACOS Growing up in my household we only ate fish during Lent on fridays. We enjoyed fish and chips with plenty of malt vinegar and tartar sauce from H. Salt. It’s a fond memory because we were primarily a meat and beans kind of family. My earliest memory of eating fish was on a family vacation to Ensenada, Mexico. We went to see the famous Bufadora, which […]
I had the opportunity to meet Roy Choi, founder and owner of the famous Kogi truck, Chego!, A-Frame, Sunny Spot, and POT. He is credited for starting the gourmet food truck phenomenon. He was named Best New Chef by Food & Wine in 2010. Choi’s new cookbook L.A. SON reads like a memoir and is an inspiring story for any Angeleno. Born in Seoul, Korea and raised in Los Angeles, this L.A. son describes how the […]
Micro-Bakery Diaries 