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Chef Maria Mazon believes that tacos  - the real kind, not the type smothered in yellow cheese and sour cream - can serve as an introduction to deeply flavorful Mexican food.

Chef Spotlight: Maria Mazon shares why great tacos can represent the best of Mexican cuisine

Vitals: Maria Mazon was born in Tucson, Arizona but was raised in the Mexican state of Sonora, just seven hours away by car. Mazon eventually went to high … Read More

Cookbook author Daisy Martinez shares her take on classic Puerto Rican cuisine in "Daisy: Morning, Noon and Night."

Cookbooks we love: Daisy Martinez’s “Daisy: Morning, Noon And Night”

If love of delicious, fragrant and soul-warming food is the common denominator between Latinos across every country and culture, then this is true as well: we … Read More

Classic, Cuban-style picadillo (Photo/Betty Cortina)

How to make…30-minute Latin dinners!

You’ve already heard the reports that say home-cooked, fresh meals are the key to a healthier diet. But at the end of the long work-day, its easy to succumb … Read More

Who says a salad  only means leafy greens? In honor of National Salad Month, try these hearty classic Latin American ones. (Photo/Courtesy Maricel Presilla)

For Nat’l Salad Month, Chef Maricel Presilla’s award-winning salads

In her book, Gran Cocina Latina, which last week was named the James Beard Cookbook of the Year, Cuban-born chef and food historian Maricel Presilla recalls the … Read More

Sunday is Mother's Day. Treat her to a special breakfast or brunch with easy Latin recipes, like Cuban style pastries or huevos a la malagueña. (Photo/Betty Cortina and Courtesy of Ana Quincoces)

7 very Latin Mother’s Day brunch recipes

Flaky pastelitos, sweet café con leche. Huevos rancheros,  moist golfeados. Yes, we Latinos know our way around breakfast. In honor of the women who, year … Read More

Chef Sue Torres reveals why her grandmother remains one of her greatest culinary inspirations.

Kitchen lessons from abuela: Sue Torres’s sweet plantain gorditas

Sue Torres is a noted chef whose Mexican restaurant Sueños is currently celebrating its eleventh year of success in New York City. The anniversary is a victory … Read More

Noted food blogger and cookbook author Aran Goyoaga.shares her thoughts on the lessons she learned from her mother in the kitchen.

Kitchen lessons from my mother: Aran Goyoaga’s olive oil apple cake

Plates of warm chocolate cookies, tender muffins and frosted birthday cake; these are just some of the kid-pleasing staples that mothers across the country make … Read More

Whole cumin seeds and malanga are two great ingredients chefs use to amp up Latin flavors.  (Photo/Betty Cortina)

4 secret ingredients Latin chefs love

They're nothing fancy, but the ingredients that follow are ones Hispanic chefs and great cooks love to have on hand to amp up culinary results. They can turn a … Read More

Try one of three tasty gazpacho recipes, just in time to celebrate National Gazpacho Aficionado Month.

Got gazpacho? 3 perfect recipes for National Gazpacho Aficionado Month

Some of Latin cuisine’s most delicious dishes are the most simple; take gazpacho for example, which combines fresh produce with leftover bread to create a … Read More

Chef Omar Flores is making Dallas - a steak and potatoes town - a destination for seafood dressed with Mexican flavors.

In honor of Cinco de Mayo, a new generation of Mexican-American chef (Part 5)

In honor of Cinco de Mayo—the day in 1862 when a small Mexican militia defeated a French army attach in the Battle of Puebla—we’re devoting an entire week … Read More