Articles for tag: Flagstaff, Horchata, Mexican Cooking

Karla News

Best Restaurants / Cafes in Flagstaff, Arizona

Flagstaff plays host to several restaurants and cafes, each dishing out a wide-variety of palate-pleasers. Let this article be your guide to the best cuisine “Flag” has to offer. Over my years in Flagstaff, I have chosen five restaurants/cafes that stand out for uniqueness, excellence, novelty and basically the best food money can buy. Without ...

Karla News

A Beginner’s Guide to Mexican Food

It’s too bad people generalize about things they’ve never tried before. This can be especially true of Mexican cuisine, So many times I hear the same things from people. Mexican food is too spicy. It’s nothing but tacos and burritos and food wrapped up in tortillas. Nothing could be further from the truth. Mexican food ...

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The History and Use of Common Mexican Food Ingredients

Speeding through a drive up window to grab a taco value meal doesn’t seem to be an event of much historical significance, right? Not so, my friend! Mexican food ingredients, and their evolution into the Tex-Mex most Americans are familiar with, is brimming with history that dates back to the 1500s. The history of Mexican ...

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Growing and Canning Jalapeno Peppers

The garden is growing beautifully in Northeast Florida despite the sandy soil and tropical storms. There are many advantages and disadvantages to living in USDA Zone 9b. I was able to sow my seeds directly in the ground on March 15. The frost was long gone by then and the ground was rapidly warming up. ...

Karla News

Mexican Cuisine

The flavors of Mexico have been integrated into the culture of the southwest border states for well over a century and in recent decades, the love for Mexican cuisine has spread from coast to coast and border to border. There are now Mexican restaurants around the country, from fast food establishments selling generic Mexican fare ...