Posole (or pozole as it’s more authentically called) has a history that may be a little bit too interesting for a food blog. I won’t go into what I know of the details, but this dish is originally from ancient Mexico, during a time when people practiced ritual human sacrifice. After the Spanish came along and abolished some of
It’s officially fall, which makes me want to make soup. And for me the perfect shoulder-season soup is spicy corn chowder. Making it allows me to cook the piles of fresh corn I just can’t seem to stop buying as well as utilize part of the bushel of roasted green chiles I bought with visions of capturing
I called this "weirdly satisfying" because it's really just a big bowl of carrots.
As a kid, I loved Cup-a-Soup. Remember those red boxes of dehydrated noodles, cardboard chicken cubes, and powder? Of course the ingredients list includes some real winners, including Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and/or Cottonseed Oil, MSG and Autolyzed Yeast Extract (whatever that is, it doesn’t sound
Gumbo
Mardi Gras in Denver is pretty lame. I mean, no parades, no hurricanes in to-go cups, and no ridiculously scrumptious late-night beignets from Cafe Du Monde. Still, I like to celebrate at least a little. First, I throw beads at the kids to wake them up for school (hilarious). And then I make gumbo. This year, I decided to
