Aguas Frescas: Refreshing Fruit Drinks from Mexico

Agua de melón Agua de Melón: Refreshing, Economical, and Made from Seeds! The "fruit waters," or aguas frescas, of Mexico are a...

Flavors of the Sun Trip to Morocco

Morocco 2008 Flavors of the Sun announces its Third Trip to Morocco in the Fall of 2008 Contact Victoria Challancin for information flavor...

The Names of Cuts of Beef in Mexican Spanish

A Trip to the Carnicería by Victoria Challancin Shopping for meat can be daunting. This may come as a surprise to Americans who are accusto...

A Pretty Salad Treatment

A Pretty Salad Treatment by Victoria Challancin Like most cooks and cooking teachers, I have folders of photos torn from magazines and newsp...

Southern Roots, Pound Cake, and High-Altitude Baking

High-Altitude Alchemy by Victoria Challancin Growing up on an island in Lake Okeechobee in Palm Beach County, I have a visceral understandi...

A Salt Primer

A Salt Primer by Victoria Challancin One of the questions I am frequently asked is “With all the varieties of salt available to today’s cons...

Sumac

Sumac: A Culinary Treat Thirty odd years ago when I first moved to Abu Dhabi, I didn’t know what they were, but I knew I liked them. That ...