On Food & Culture
Cazuelitas or Sopes are a part of the Texas Mexican cuisine that exists in the region outlined in yellow (Map of the 1984 Republic of Mexico). Not to be confused with Tex-Mex, Texas Mexican is one of at least 12 related regional cuisines in the […]
In Texas, guacamole is omnipresent. There are as many recipes as there are bragging-prone hermanas and hermanos. I myself not being one to brag,, Ahem.., my recipe is based on 3 simple rules. 1. Purchase them Green and Hard. Rodolfo Fernandez is the top […]
You can make crockpot carne guisada at night or in the morning. In the morning I place all the ingredients in a crockpot, low heat. When it’s ready at suppertime I make a quick, fresh salsa that has bits of avocado, giving this taco a […]
When I bite into the succulent, sweet Texas Gulf crab meat I am taken back in time. It is 1528 when Karankawas find bedraggled Spaniards shipwrecked on their shores, now called Galveston Island. Lucky for the Spaniards that the Karankawa nurse them, feed them. Evidence […]
Most anthropologists assert that the Karankawas, lean, dark and tall (6 feet), lived on the Texas coast for thousands of years (La Vere, 2004). European explorer documents describe their food and their cooking techniques but we’ve lost much detail because the oral culture and traditions […]
Thought I’d share the menu that I served for a catered party last week. The conversation around the food revolved around history, our place in it and why it is that Texas Native American food is so much like Mexican food. I’ll start uploading the […]
In Texas gaucamole is omnipresent. There are as many recipes are there are bragging-prone machos. I myself not being one to brag,, Ahem.., my recipe is based on 3 simple rules. 1. Purchase them Green and Hard. Rodolfo Fernandez is the top Avocado expert […]
Summer watermelon served as an appetizer, becomes formal for a dressed-up party. Here I make little watermelon bowls and place them on a thin Jicama wafer. Let the fiesta begin! The filling is spicy guacamole with grapes. A sliver of fried Yucca finishes the canapé […]