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Beginner’s Guide to Mexican Food, Part IV: Carne Asada – Grilled Beef

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Hola Amigas y Amigos! Welcome to this, our fourth instalment of our Beginner’s Guide to Mexican Food series! Our subject of the day is Carne Asada – Mexican grilled beef – an iconic dish in its own accord, but certainly also the perfect filling for traditional Mexican dishes like tacos or burritos.   Behold, Carne […]

Beginner’s Guide to Mexican Food, Part III: Salsa Verde (Green Sauce)

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Friends, it has become time to tell you about one of the most vibrant, fragrant, tasty yet sadly overlooked components of Mexican cuisine: Salsa Verde! Salsa Verde – the great, often unsung, hero of Mexican cuisine. Photo credit: Malou Rotvel Pagh, Klidmoster.dk What is Salsa Verde? Salsa Verde, literally green sauce, is a term used […]

Beginner’s Guide to Mexican Food, Part II: Authentic Guacamole Recipe

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Guacamole! I love guacamole! The authentic, flavorful avocado sauce of Mexican cuisine. Along with Salsa Roja, guacamole is amongst my favorite side dishes in the realm of Mexican Cuisine, and I make a damn fine guacamole using a simple, authentic guacamole recipe if I dare say so myself. Whenever I make this classic, authentic avocado […]

Beginner’s Guide to Mexican Food, Part I: Salsa Roja

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Salsa Roja – The perfect Mexican Condiment. That was the working title of this post which was to center on the most flavorful and versatile of Mexican condiments: Salsa roja! Not many paragraphs into the introduction, the working title warped into something more along the lines of “Mexican Food: A Love Affair!”. When, a few […]

How to make steak tacos – in two tries!

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How come you’ve never cooked steak tacos for me? – Zascha once shot at me out of the blue as I entered the living room. “I.. Err. Help?” I replied, and tip-toed uneasily until I realized she had been hunched over my copy of Eat Like A Man, looking at recipes and building up an […]