By Scott Rose Machu Picchu Recipes: Stuffed RocotosSalsa CriollaAjí de GallinaRed Snapper Ceviche Peru is a chilehead’s paradise. The country has over 300 different known types of chile peppers, and the nation’s regional cuisines, all chile-centric, try to outdo each other in firepower. A North American who cultivates a love for chiles might well be looked on by his sissy-tongued, …
Guatemalan Lava and Fiery Foods
By Paul Ross Recipes: Suban-IckPork in Adobado SaucePepian de PolloGarafuna Seafood StewOyster Ceviche Dotted with more than 30 volcanoes, Guatemala is the kind of country where folks like to take the family on a Sunday afternoon picnic up the slopes of an erupting peak, straight past signs cautioning “unstable ground and dangerous fumes.” Then the survivors stand atop a crumbling …
Siberian Hot Stuff
By Sharon Hudgins Location Photos by Tom and Sharon Hudgins Pepper Vendor Recipes: Garlic Cheese Apple-Horseradish Sauce Korean Carrot Salad Adzhiga Nobody thinks of Siberian foods as spicy-hot. And in general that’s true. But delve beyond surface impressions and pallid Russian restaurant fare, and you’ll soon encounter some surprisingly spicy elements of this northern cuisine. …
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We continue to add new content at a record rate: Learn how to grow the Capsicum baccatum species, here. Everything we know about grilling chicken, here. Back in 1990, Mary Jane and I visited Sonora for the chiltepin harvest, here. Have a martini with your steak! Dr. BBQ’s "Retro Grilling, here.
Jalapeños Alive and Hot in Mexico
Nancy Gerlach reports from Yucatán: I never thought I’d miss New Mexico chile so soon, but I do. The only fresh green chiles that are available here are poblanos. Of coarse we do get fresh jalapeños, habaneros, xcatik, and serranos. Last week I made a batch of my barbecue sauce substituting guajillos for the NM red and it didn’t have …