Mexican wedding cookies, also known as polvorones or biscochitos, are a beloved treat found at celebrations, holidays, and family gatherings across Mexico and beyond. These crumbly, melt-in-your-mouth cookies dusted generously with powdered sugar hold a special place in Mexican culture and cuisine. A Brief History While they’re commonly associated with Mexican weddings, these cookies have […]
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My Grandma’s Capirotada recipe is simple with not a lot of ingredients. The flavor takes me to another place in time when life was good and my mom was in the kitchen making this dish for us on a Sunday evening during Lent. Above all, the Mexican bread pudding has warm notes from a beautifully […]
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Happy World Dulce de Leche Day!! We are celebrating with a simple sweet treat. Cocadas are a type of coconut confection found throughout Latin America. Mounds of soft and chewy coconut held together with sweetened condensed milk are pretty good, but adding some dulce de leche takes these treats to the next level. These are […]
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If you’re like me, the holidays can be a big sparkly, glittery blur. We made (and ate) our fair share of tamales and gained a pound or two, but before you take down that last string of Christmas lights remember that in many parts of the world the holidays are not over just yet. In […]
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I have roasted chiles, blended chiles, pureed chiles, chopped chiles, grilled chiles, even tossed a few chiles in my cocktail. But, I’ll be honest with you. This LatinoFoodie has never candied chiles before. The thin curly strips have a sweet warm flavor with just a hint of heat. Now I want to put candied chiles on EVERYTHING. […]
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