Mexican Food

Spicy Mushroom Torta With Cheese Recipe

A spicy vegetarian sandwich recipe from Mexico

Oct 22, 2012 2:01 pm

Photo: Jeanine Thurston

Tortas are quick and easy sandwiches made with bolillos. You can make them cold or grill the bread before stuffing. This grilled mushroom torta oozes creaminess, and the addition of long green chiles and tequila gives it just the right dimension of smokiness.

Mexican Food

Mexican Meatball Soup Recipe

Learn to make albondigas for Mexican comfort food

Oct 18, 2012 3:31 pm

Photo: Jeanine Thurston

Albondigas is a very traditional Mexican meatball soup. With the carefully crafted meatballs, bountiful vegetables and rice you will be more than satisfied. Next time you want the perfect cold weather meal, try a hefty serving of albondiga soup, a tall pile of freshly made corn tortillas, and a little salsa casera.

Mexican Food

The 7 Moles Of Oaxaca

It's not all chiles & chocolate in the land of mole

Aug 15, 2012 10:31 am

As you can see from the photo, a lot more goes into mole than ground chiles, chocolate and sesame seeds. This is especially true when you venture outside the confines of your "typical" mole to the other kinds of the thick, slow-cooked sauce drizzled over food all over the Mexico. Oaxaca's 7 signature varieties after the jump.

Mexican Food

Smoked Pork Belly Carnitas Tacos Recipe

The San Diego Padres' pork taco recipe, exposed!

May 3, 2012 5:01 pm

The San Diego Padres called last week and were like, "Hey Food Republic, want to know how we make our pork belly carnitas tacos?" And having been to San Diego, where basically all tacos are better, we were like, "Yeah." So, here goes...

Mexican Food

Easy Potato Tacos Recipe

Call it the king of carbs, potatoes as taco filling

Jan 25, 2012 2:01 pm

Photo: Rex Roof on Flickr

This easy potato tacos recipe is unexpected, and unexpectedly delicious. On the Atkins Diet? This is not for you. But if you love a good vegetarian taco, you've come to the right place.

Mexican Food

A Quesadilla With Corn Fungus, Por Favor

Huitlacoche: Growing on corn (and us)

Aug 8, 2011 8:51 am

Photo: frankenstoen on Flickr

What's in a name? A lot. Just ask Archibald Leach (otherwise known as Cary Grant). Or a dolphin fish (now called mahi-mahi or dorado).

Huitlacoche is another one. Pronounced wheat-la-COH-chay, it sounds kind of cool, doesn’t it? And yet it translates into English as sleeping excrement. It’s also known by U.S. farmers as corn smut....

Mexican Food

A Brief History of Mission-Style Burritos

America's favorite burrito style keeps on truckin'

Aug 5, 2011 12:01 pm

Photo: swift benjamin on Flickr

San Francisco. It’s a magical name for foodies, instantly conjuring saliva-inducing images of chewy sourdough bread, delicate dim sum morsels, the freshest fruits and vegetables from the nearby San Joaquin Valley, and enormous, gut-busting burritos. The best burrito, in fact, this side of...