Recipe Book

This is as close as you get to carne asada in Oaxaca. You’ll find cecina on menus on top of enfrijoladas, on your tlayudas (this page), and just served on a plate. The dried chiles not only add an addictive flavor, but a beautiful color as well that lends itself to perfect grill marks.

There are few things more special than homemade pasta. It’s so worth the effort, and our step-by-step guide makes it really quite simple.

Our new-school approach to making stew brings every element of this tangy, fragrant, meaty Mexican classic to its full potential.

If you don’t deep-fry, can you have chicken wings that are crispy on the outside and moist and tender within? We cooked more than 200 pounds of wings to find out.

This Southwestern-style chili often cooks up bland and watery, with chewy bits of rubbery chicken that make home cooks ask, "Where's the beef?"

This Southwestern-style chili often cooks up bland and watery, with chewy bits of rubbery turkey that make home cooks ask, "Where's the beef?

How did we achieve the rich, deeply citrusy sauce? Using every part of the lemon.

Yes, you can make a better shrimp cocktail; all it takes is making a few easy adjustments.