I don’t remember when was the first time I heard about Cinco de Mayo. But as soon as I did, I made it a tradition at home. I’m pretty sure it’s been more than a decade, and every year I make at least one Mexican dish to celebrate the country. As I do with everything I celebrate, it loses a bot of the meaning in my case, but I guess there’s no harm in celebrating each and every…
I am naming this new kind of posts: Express Experiences. Why? I don’t know, but the name is catchy, isn’t it? 😁 Just kidding, I know why I call them this way. I usually take my camera when I know I’m going to talk about my experience in a restaurant. I really want to give as much credit as I can to the restaurant and I believe the qualitiy of the pictures is something they deserve. Nevertheless, this…
My family has always relied in the same butcher since I can remember. My grandma used to buy meat from her, and then my mum. But then I went vegetarian for a while when I left home, and when I started eating meat again (for health problems) I wouldn’t eat certain kinds of meat, so I wasn’t a good one keeping tradition. But, she’s closing down and as a kid I remember going with my mum or my grandma to…
Have you ever wanted to make a non-traditional Christmas dinner? Then, this post is dedicated to you. Unless you are Mexican, then…this is probably a little bit more traditional for you than for the rest of us 🙂 Ingredients: For the tacos: 500gr piece of ham/gammon 1 can of chipotle chilies in sauce 4 tbsps Mic’s chilli sauce (choose your favourite level of heat) 2 shallots Corn tortillas Fresh cilantro For the drink (each glass): 100 ml nopal juice…
Today is the Day of the Dead (or Día de los Muertos as they say in Spanish). This Mexican tradition is known everywhere in the world. I always enjoy celebrating anything, even when I learnt about it two days ago (not in this case, but happens to me all the time). Celebrations are excuses to investigate on other people’s traditions, learn and of course cook something different. Today I made tacos for lunch and I’m cooking tacos for dinner right…