POLLO ALMENDRADO — Oaxacan-style Almond Raisin Sauce

I worked together with the California Raisin Marketing Board to create this recipe and was compensated for my time. The opinions below are mine and mine alone and do not represent those of the California Raisin Marketing Board. The genius for this sauce comes from Oaxaca, a city located about 300 miles south of Mexico […]

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Inspiring Nopal Menu Sets Juan’s Restaurante in Baldwin Park Apart from Typical Mexican Restaurants

Seven years ago, Juan Mondragón, owner of Juan’s Restaurante in Baldwin Park, said his sister Sandy Mondragón was diagnosed with stage four stomach cancer.  Her family insisted on a diet of nopales (cactus paddles).  Convinced of the health benefits and the power of the nopal, her parents fed his sister nopales everyday for a month.  […]

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