Throw a kickin’ Cinco de Mayo party with the best Mexican recipes anywhere: perfectly-mixed Margaritas, creamy guacamole, spicy salsa, easy tacos, plus enchilada and fajita recipes that can’t be beat. Trying to stay slim for summer? Get our cheater’s guide to a lighter Mexican fiesta.
Tune in to the season 2 premiere of Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong today at 12:30pm ET to travel into the depths of Southeast Asia and experience some of its unique culinary cultures and centuries-old traditions (frog curry, anyone?) Get recipes and watch Luke’s web-only videos about celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year.
Cinco de Mayo is America’s favorite excuse to overindulge in tequila. But what do you really know about the national spirit of Mexico? I took a trip to the source to learn more. About a 45-minute drive northwest of Guadalajara, and a couple hours inland from Puerto Vallarta, the diminutive town of Tequila sits in [...]
Photo by Kankana Saxena The delicious Greek cake vasilópita is considered to bring good luck to the person who gets the slice that contains the treasure of a floori, a coin baked into the cake. Author of the beautiful book Greek Chic Cuisine (Lulu.com, 2010) Stephanie Patsalis shares the legend behind the cake: “The most [...]
Cinco de Mayo is almost here! Celebrating it at a Mexican restaurant doesn’t have to derail your diet. If Mexican food makes you think of tons of cheese and calories, you need to read this cheater’s guide to a lighter Mexican fiesta. Watch out for: the basket of chips Problem: You arrive at the restaurant [...]
In some Asian cultures, bird’s nest soup is not only a delicacy but a medicinal concoction, believed to aid digestion, strengthen the immune system and — perhaps its biggest selling point — increase libido. You might think that there must be some magical dried leaves and twigs in those nests to have such a power, [...]
#2: Cottage Cheese on crackers I recently overcame my lifelong fear of cottage cheese. Let’s face it: Cottage cheese has a bad reputation. It’s a little chunky, a little soft and I’ve heard the it-looks-like-baby-food observation too many times not to take it into account. But if you can look past all of the excuses [...]
With our newest episode, Fantastic Foods 2 (tonight at 10pm ET on Cooking Channel), I can’t help but reminisce about how awesome the fans have been. Between typing in ALL CAPS (all the time) and permanently branding oneself with a Bitchin’ Kitchen tattoo, one thing goes without saying: We have the best community EVER! Even [...]
Short Rib Tacos by How Sweet Eats 5 Hot Links We’re Loving: For Cinco de Mayo, try How Sweet Eats’ crockpot short rib tacos. Slow cooked in beer and topped with salted lime cabbage and queso fresco, this festive fare is just about as easy and delicious as it gets. B’s in the Kitchen is [...]
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