Kitchen Operas

I bought prickly pears.  And then I had to figure out what to do with them! Prickly pears are the fruit of the prickly pear cactus — the same cactus that bears the nopales leaves I discovered in San Miguel, and used in my black bean quesadillas.  My friend Paddy mentioned eating the fruits growing […]

My favourite adult drink on earth?  Mojitos.  It’s the mint + lime combo that I love so much, and I was craving it tonight.  So I got all mixological with my food processor and made a mojito-inspired dessert: Mango Mojito Sorbet. As long as you have some frozen fruit on hand, you can mix it […]