Cooking Class Photos

Cooking Class Photos from February 23, 2008 Flavors of the Sun International Cooking School San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Class: Internation...

Avocado Leaves: A Secret Mexican Ingredient

Avocado Leaves: A Secret Mexican Ingredient by Victoria Challancin Love at First Bite I can still remember my first encounter with the exot...

Kohlrabi: Healthy, Versatile, and Overlooked

Kohlrabi by Victoria Challancin My first exposure to kohlrabi was as a novelty vegetable grown by my father for the sheer joy of seeing som...

Cooking Class Photos

Cooking Class Photos by Victoria Challancin Although visitors to San Miguel de Allende know me mainly for my Mexican cooking classes, many l...

Romeritos: A Mexican Green

Romeritos for Lent by Victoria Challancin The fact that romeritos ( Suaeda torreyan ) look like rosemary and taste like spinach makes them ...

Pepitas: Seeds of Life

Pumpkin Seeds or Pepitas : A Little History, Some Fun Facts, Benefits, Uses, and Recipes by Victoria Challancin Thanks to various well-resp...

Photos of Purslane

The above photos of purslane, or verdolagas, should have accompanied the January 27th post on the same. I'm having difficulties with f...

Mexico's Own: Agave Nectar

Agave Nectar: Sweetener of the Gods or Gourmet Hype? It’s really true, in the culinary world at least, that there is ‘nothing new under t...