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How to render lard
rs sat 13 May 2008
Lard. I have to admit that for most of my life that I’ve been terrified of the stuff. Be it schoolyard taunts that used the word, or the abs...
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An anniversary served with fried chicken
rs sat 09 July 2007
Sixty years ago, my dear grandparents were married. A few days before the wedding, my grandfather’s mother wrote a letter to my grandmother’...
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Let's make tamales: part 2
rs sat 17 December 2006
You have pots of stewed meat simmering on the stove, bowls overflowing with cheese, green chiles and refried beans, a huge lump of masa and...
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Let's make tamales: part 1
rs sat 30 November 2006
Back in September, the delightful Wednesday Chef cooked a Regina Schrambling recipe for tamales . She was not impressed. No disrespect to Ms...
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