Tag Archives: Mexican

Posole/Pozole

Posted on March 24, 2020 by cookinginsens

This is probably the best posole/pozole I’ve ever made! It tastes like the Mexican food of my childhood; spicy hot, thick and rich. I’ve finally found some “correct” chili powder and all my other spices and herbs are newly purchased, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Mexican, Recipes | Tagged chillies, cooking, food, food photography, hominy, Mexican, pork, posole, pozole, recipe, stew | 5 Comments

Coco de Paimpol Bean Chili

Posted on October 24, 2019 by cookinginsens

It’s the season for fresh beans in France. The most famous of these are Coco de Paimpol and also my favorite. In order to take full advantage of the season, this is my 3rd dish I have made with these … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Mexican, Recipes | Tagged chili, coco beans, cooking, food, Mexican, photography, recipes | 9 Comments

Chili Verde

Posted on February 25, 2019 by cookinginsens

I’ve never made chili verde before, but I’ve always wanted to. I’ve always lived in places where the fresh chillies and tomatillos were not available. I should have never left California 😀 I remember my mother and her friend roasting … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Mexican | Tagged chili verde, cooking, food, food photography, Mexican, spicy | 5 Comments

Texican Pantry Chili

Posted on February 13, 2019 by cookinginsens

Our refrigerator freezer is back in action. The thing was only 2 years old and needed major repairs! I don’t understand how things work anymore. We’ve had appliances that were 15 years old that never needed repair. If only they … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Mexican, Recipes | Tagged chili, cooking, food, food photography, Mexican, pinto beans, recipe | 8 Comments

Fresh Borlotti Chili Beans

Posted on October 1, 2017 by cookinginsens

As you know, I like fresh beans when I can get them. Fortunately, the Scranton farmer’s market has a few farmers who grow borlotti/red coco beans or what they call cranberry beans to shell. These beans are quite a bit … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Mexican, Recipes | Tagged borlotti beans, chili, cooking, food, food photography, Mexican, recipe, smoked ham, stew | 12 Comments

Pinto Beans

Posted on February 14, 2016 by cookinginsens

I’m back in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. My bathroom in France is still not finished. I just kicked everyone out, locked the doors and hopped on the plane, hoping to forget that nightmare until it’s time to go back, fire the renovation … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Mexican, Recipes | Tagged cooking, food, food photography, Mexican, pinto beans, recipe, smoked neck bones | 24 Comments

Chez Willie and Toutoune

Posted on September 17, 2015 by cookinginsens

Whenever I think of Mexican food, I think of my mother. She wasn’t Mexican, but she could have been. I’ve only had comparable or better Mexican food at old school Mexican cafes in California where nobody speaks English and there … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Mexican, Recipes | Tagged beef, cheese, cooking, corn tortillas, enchiladas, food, food photography, France, Mexican, Mexican food, recipe, tomato gravy | 11 Comments

Tamale Whatever

Posted on August 22, 2015 by cookinginsens

When we were kids, my parents would take us to visit cousins in Richmond, California. The two things I remembered about these visits were the mosquitoes and the tamales. The mosquitoes were enormous, science fiction mutants and after an hour … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Mexican | Tagged cooking, food, food photography, Mexican, tamales | 19 Comments

Chili Con Carne

Posted on July 25, 2015 by cookinginsens

Whenever I hear “chili con carne” I immediately picture a can of probably Hormel chili or a bowl of ketchup sweetened kidney beans on offer at a country diner. Chili con carne originally meant Mexican spiced beans with meat, not … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Mexican, Recipes | Tagged beans, chili, chili con carne, cooking, food, food photography, Mexican, recipe | 11 Comments

Snow Day

Posted on January 3, 2015 by cookinginsens

Bitter, cold weather has prompted my family to nag and drop hints about soup. Potato soup was mentioned, as was the Haitian soup giraumon. I thought we should have a sort of fish stew like cullen skink but couldn’t bring myself to … Continue reading →