Sopa de Lima with Black Limes: This Aint Your Mama’s Chicken Soup

With cooler weather and influenza settling in for the season, it is time to pull out the comfort food big guns.  One of my ultimate Mexican comfort foods, Sopa de Lima, can definitely hold its own among my other heartier and heavier soup recipes.  Don’t be fooled. This soup is not just another chicken soup.  […]

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Sabores Yucatecos: Q&A With Authors Chef Gilberto Cetina of Chichen Itza Restaurant and Kathy Diaz

With the rise in popularity of authentic regional cuisines, some 52 million visitors are expected to visit the Yucatán Peninsula this year according to the Mexican tourism agency.  The Global Heritage Network has named 2012 the Year of the Maya, and folks in the Yucatán see it as a time of renewal and worthy of celebration.  Just in time for the […]

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Chichén Itzá Restaurant Owner/Chef Releases New Cookbook Featuring Cuisine from Yucatan, Mexico

On Wednesday night, LatinoFoodie ventured into Mercado la Paloma, which is south of downtown Los Angeles, where a short, stoutly chef sitting behind a table with a stack of cookbooks proudly signed his name one by one. He took a break just long enough to pose for a photo with customers. Jumping up from the book-signing table, he’d disappear into the […]

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