Eating out in Mexico City is truly a delight. You can have a tasty meal of a few tacos for less than a dollar or you can pay two hundred times that amount for a seven-course gastronomic feast at Pujol that is easily as sublime as any meal you’d find in some of the world’s … Read more
Mexico’s tacos al pastor consists of corn tortillas topped with mouthwatering pork marinated with pineapple, spices and chillies, and sprinkled with white onions and cilantro. Traditionally the pork for tacos al pastor is slow-cooked on a vertical spit, but my tacos al pastor recipe has been created for home cooks without a vertical spit. This … Read more
Cooking, music, film, film and music, food and film… so far, we’ve done it all in Austin. We learned to barbecue, we met local musicians, we’ve seen lots of music, we’ve talked music with a record storeowner, and we’ve talked music with a filmmaker… So why not have a country music cooking lesson with a … Read more
The number of taco places in Austin is mind blowing – from white tablecloth restaurants to humble roadside stands, from dawn to the dead of night, you’ll find tacos on a menu or a blackboard somewhere in this Texas town. Everyone in Austin has advice on tacos, so in order to narrow down the field … Read more
This Texas Style BBQ Pork Recipe was taught to us by Rusty Irons, the owner of the first holiday rental we settled into in Austin. Rusty may be a petite woman, but her personality is a big as the state of Texas. Rusty is also a passionate supporter of local produce and a cook who makes a … Read more