On Food & Culture
Happy Holidays. How about a smoked guajolote, turkey for Thanksgiving. The guajolote, turkey, is native to Texas and Mexico. Over millenia, it was hunted by Native Americans for feathers, food and fashion. Some of the bones (the hollow ones) were fashioned into necklaces. It was […]
Thanksgiving cranberry conserve, with tangerine, ginger and sultanas, is a delicious contrast of flavor and color that I think is really amazing with the seasonal cranberries. I urge you to try it at your Thanksgiving meal. I’ve adapted this recipe from one I read many, […]
I’ve assembled four dishes that will make this Thanksgiving come together with full flavors of south Texas and northeastern Mexico, the Texas Mexican culinary region. The menu is Mexican cornbread stuffing, Brussels Sprouts with Pecans and Chile Serrano Turkey Enchilado Bourbon Pecan Pie It starts […]
A delicious Mexican favorite, this recipe for Turkey Enchilado, or Guajolote Enchilado, will bring mouthwatering smiles to your family and amigos, amigas. I use only one type of chile, Chile Ancho, because I like the direct flavor and also because this is the dried chile […]
This cornbread recipe was the Thanksgiving feature in the online magazine, Lone Star Literary Life. It’s my mom’s family recipe. Amá made this cornbread dressing every Thanksgiving. It’s different from other cornbread dressing recipes because there’s no sage in it, and it combines pecans, raisins […]
Happy Holidays. How about a smoked turkey for Thanksgiving. The turkey, guajolote, is native to Texas and Mexico. Over millenia, it was hunted by Native Americans for feathers, food and fashion. Some of the bones (the hollow ones) were fashioned into necklaces. It was also […]
Sacred to the Mayas, and enjoyed at banquets by the Aztecs, the Guajolote (Melagris gallopavo) is our Thanksgiving turkey. It was domesticated in Mexico and the Américas before the arrival of the Spaniards. The name is from the nahuatl word, “huexólotl,” which translates as “big […]
Karla McLaughlin continues a practice that began here in 800 B.C., the domestication of turkeys. I’m grateful to Karen who drove all the way from Montgomery to my home in Houston to deliver this 15 pound organic-fed, free-roaming turkey and two pork loins. She generously […]
Karla McLaughlin drove all the way to my home to deliver this 15 pound organic-fed, free-roaming turkey and two pork loins. She generously took the time because I was in a pinch, facing a party deadline. She is a one-of-a-kind farm owner. Knowledgeable, caring and […]
Yes, tangerine, ginger and sultanas. A contrast of flavor and color that I think is really amazing with the seasonal cranberries. I urge you to try it at your Thanksgiving meal. I’ve adapted this recipe from one I read many, many years ago in […]