I generally prefer tequila reposado or "gold" to the blanco or "silver" version. I guess the main difference is reposado...

Hot take: Trader Joe's Hot Pico de Gallo Salsa isn't hot, but it's still really good. Jalapeño peppers are right there—the third...

Confession time: I was thinking this was a beef burrito when I bought it. You'd think being married to a Latina, I'd know enough Spa...

Like my wife's extended family, mezcal is from the Mexican state of Oaxaca. I haven't been there yet, but it's on my bucket list...

 Fast food cravings are pretty infrequent these days.  Chick-Fil-A? Maybe once every couple months, and somehow, somewhat ironically, mostly...

The other day I was thinking about how much I loved delicious, spicy salsas and how lucky I was to have married a woman that can make hot so...

In almost 1,750 posts, the only other time the word "guajillo" was ever mentioned on this blog was during a review of chili flavor...

Despite her Latin-ness, Sonia isn't an expert when it comes to empanadas. That is, she didn't grow up eating them and I certainly di...

A lot of my gringo friends think I must be eating things like tacos, nachos, and carne asada burritos on the regular since I'm married t...

I was actually exposed to mole (rhymes with olé) before I met Sonia. I had some co-workers that brought chicken in a mole sauce to a break r...

May 5, 1999, I was sitting in a now defunct Chi-Chi's restaurant in State College, PA with some friends and acquaintances after classes....

There's some dispute apparently about the origin of the phrase "winner winner chicken dinner." One of the more common theori...

Well, here's a rare sighting that just so happened to be captured on camera: An opened bag of Trader Joe's Organic Elote Corn Ch...

"If they're called 'vegetable' quesadillas, there should be more vegetables," stated Sonia. "I want sliced-up z...

Why is my boss younger than me? Why can't I recognize any song on the radio unless it's tuned to the classic rock station? Why...

As much as I love the English language and champion its practicality among all the tongues of the world, I've always admired Spanish ...

The spiel on the back of the bag here claims this dish is inspired by elote, a style of Mexican corn often sold by street vendors. Every t...

I think everybody goes through at least one or two "mac & cheese phases" in their life. The first normally occurs in early c...