Papas Arrugadas and Mojo Verde Make potatoes with more flavor than you can shake a stick at

I would say that most of the savory dishes I share with you are in the snack, side dish or main dish categories. This week’s is firmly in the realm of appetizers. Papas arrugadas, or wrinkled potatoes, is a recipe that originated in the Canary Islands, when sailors would boil potatoes in seawater. Traditionally, they …

Red Rice Prepare to paint the town red with a from-scratch Mexican rice

Sometimes, in reflecting on my childhood, I realize just what a weird kid I was. I’ll forever be thankful that I had supportive parents who had a “go with the flow” attitude about my idiosyncracies. One of those strange traits flashed in my mind recently, when I decided I wanted to make a Mexican-style rice …