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Mexican Comfort Food: Black Bean Soup with Dumplings

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The food of Mexico is known for its dazzling variety of dishes and its sophisticated cooking techniques. But to know something about a cuisine, you often have to start with the basics. For many Mexican home cooks, dumplings are a rudimentary…
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Corn Recipes to Celebrate the Last Days of Summer

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This is one of my favorite times of the year at the farmer’s market. For the next few weeks, we will continue to see a bounty on seasonal produce from peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, plums, peaches (Oh, peaches!) to berries and onions. This…
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Jill's Favorite Calabasita (Zucchini Recipe)

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Like most kids, corn has been one of my favorite vegetables ever since I was little. This zucchini recipe is something our nana used to make all the time. I think it may have been her way of getting me to eat something other than just corn—and…
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Perfect Pickling Latin Style: 4 Tasty Recipes

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We are in pickling and canning season and that is when a lot of gardening is done from early summer to late fall to save and store for winter. “Take a lesson from the ants. They labor all summer, gathering food for the winter,” my grandmother…
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Peruvian Purple Corn Tea (Chicha Morada)

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Chicha Morada is an ancient Incan beverage made from brewing native purple corn. The corn, which can be found dried and still attached to the cob, is boiled with pineapple rind and spices for about an hour and finished with a squeeze of lime.…
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Mar Jennings' Black Bean Salad

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TV host and lifestyle expert Mar Jennings sure knows his way around Latino-flavored food. Here is his summer salad that combines a staple of Latino cuisine—black beans—with cilantro, lime juice, and an array of other warm weather favorites.…
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Jodie's Lime Corn Cookies

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A lime-infused glaze tops these wonderful cookies from Jodie Harriel and the Los Bagels Bakery. Read Related: Christmas Cookies with Latin Flair LIME CORN COOKIES Yield: 1½-2 dozen Ingredients: ½ Ib. butter ½ t salt 1¼…
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Oaxacan Street Food: Corn on the Cob (Elotes)

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Most people cook the corn entirely on the grill, which can make the kernels dry and unevenly cooked. I prefer to cook this corn on the cob in a pot of steaming water, then sear them in a hot pan. OAXACAN STREET CORN Serves: 4 Ingredients 4…
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Sweet Corn Gruel with Cinnamon (Atole Dulce)

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You can find different versions of atole throughout Mexico. Some prefer to cook the masa harina (a type of corn flour that has been treated with slaked lime) in milk instead of water. Others add vanilla for flavor. Here, we use a combination…