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Cold Drinks

Watermelon Agua Fresca, Our Drink For The Summer Of 2013

Refreshing and non-alcoholic. Or you can spike!

Jun 17, 2013 3:02 pm

Chef Ivy Stark of NYC's Dos Caminos restaurant has a watermelon and lime agua fresca that looks as good in a pitch or glass as you feel while you're drinking it. Healthy and flavorful, this is a recipe you should learn by heart and make all summer long. Oh, and it spikes nicely, too.

Shellfish

Mexican Shrimp Cocktail Recipe

Famous appetizer pairs perfectly with a margarita

Jun 13, 2013 4:01 pm

Photo: Todd Coleman

A great hot sauce cookbook illustrates that different sauces are suited for different uses. James Beard Award-winning cookbook author and restaurant critic Robb Walsh's The Hot Sauce Cookbook doesn't disappoint — there are recipes for Frank's Red Hot, sriracha, Tabasco, you name it. We love a healthy shake of Cholula on Mexican food, especially in this spicy and refreshing shrimp cocktail.

Viva Mexico!

18 Recipes That Remind Us That Mexican Food Tastes Better In The Summer

Tacos, nachos, enchiladas, guac. Get on it!

Jun 6, 2013 4:46 pm

Happy Cinco de Mayo! If you're not cooking up Mexican food tonight, you might need to rearrange your priorities because this evening is about feasting. Fiesta-ing, sorry. We've rounded up our 25 favorite Mexican recipes for your party tonight, whether it's enchiladas and horchata for two or tacos and tequila for 20. And if it's the latter, can we come?

Food Republic Roundups

Our 25 Favorite Mexican Recipes For Cinco De Mayo

Tacos, enchiladas, nachos, guac and more

May 5, 2013 10:00 am

Whatchamacallit?

What Is Masa Harina?

Learn about this building block of Mexican cuisine

Apr 23, 2013 1:31 pm

Without masa harina, there would be no tortillas. Without tortillas, there would be no tacos, enchiladas, huevos rancheros, migas, breakfast tacos, steak tacos, fish tacos...no tacos, period. No arepas, pupusas, tamales or sopes, either. Embrace this crucial ingredient, learn its importance in all our lives, then let's go get nachos.

Drink Better

Horchata Especiale Recipe

Try out this adult version of the traditional drink

Mar 9, 2013 11:03 am

Mexican brunch is about as good as it gets, so props to the Rosa Mexicano restaurants, slingers of premium guac, to put together a brunch cocktail we might need another pitcher of: the Horchata Especiale.

Brunch

Nopales Con Huevo Recipe

Mexican scrambled eggs with cactus for brunch

Feb 24, 2013 11:01 am

Photo: Jess Kapadia

Sometimes you need a little something extra in your breakfast scramble — broccoli and cheddar just won't cut it. Pick up a few fresh, succulent cactus paddles, or nopales, at a Latin grocery and you might just discover your scrambled eggs' new favorite companion. They're juicy and flavorful, reminiscent of green peppers and asparagus.

Drink Better

Rejoice! Today Is National Margarita Day

Rounding up our recipes for your drinking pleasure

Feb 21, 2013 5:41 pm

We’re not exactly fans of single day food holidays at Food Republic. The way we see it, we don’t particularly need an excuse to enjoy a diet-busting milkshake or snack on some perfectly charred strips of bacon. But then we arrive at National Margarita Day, celebrated annually on February 22.