Masa, the corn dough used to make tortillas, tamales, pupusas, and more, is quickly becoming one of my favorite kitchen staples. Unfortunately, it’s hard to get good quality product. Even in Mexico, shops with fresh masa for home use are disappearing in favor of the powdered stuff. I began my quest in early 2008. My […]
Entries from September 2009
Masa from Scratch!
September 4th, 2009 · 106 Comments
Categories: Food · Grains · Recipes
Tags: · dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, latin food, photos-food, vegan, vegetarian
Eggplant Salad
September 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments
Inspired by the chunky eggplant salad at a local Turkish restaurant, Real Doner, I decided to create my own. I make baba ghanoush, a creamy eggplant dish, all the time but have never made it any other way. The hurdle was how to cook the eggplant. Eggplant goes from hard to creamy fairly quickly. I […]
Categories: Food · Recipes · Vegetable Dishes
Tags: · dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, middle eastern food, photos-food, vegan, vegetarian