My Kitchen in Saveur

This month, April 2008, I have a short article on the kitchens that I’ve worked in over the course of my life in the American food magazine, Saveur. You can’t…

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Semitas in California (and Other Semita Matters)

I’ve been pursuing the semita trail for the last several years and a very interesting trail it is too. Breads called semita or cemita pop up all over Latin America…

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Agua Fresca 2: Tamarindo

Well, on to this week’s agua fresca. It’s another of the great basics of the Mexican kitchen, agua de tamarindo. Here’s a pitcher, a warm brown color, lightly sweet, addictively…

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