Mole poblano is Mexico’s national dish and can take all day to prepare. If you’re planning to celebrate Cinco de Mayo tacos, margaritas and beer are fine, but you also could raise a frosty glass to ...

Over the course of the next few months, I’m counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or ...

Mole poblano coating chicken with sesame seeds in a bowl. - Marcos Castillo/Shutterstock If you've heard that Mexican mole sauce is made from a surprisingly sweet ingredient — chocolate — well, you've ...

The aroma of toasted almonds and sesame seeds, chilies and spices emerges from this small Brooklyn store where about 1,600 pounds of mole poblano is made every day. Three generations of Mexican women ...

Rich and intense, chocolaty and spicy at the same time, mole poblano is Mexico’s national dish. In Southern California, as in Mexico, there are as many variations of mole as there are cooks. This ...

Cosi’s bread looks like an alligator, or maybe tree bark. Those of us who fervidly celebrate the joys of immigrant cooking and its eventual assimilation into the standard American diet―think tortilla ...

OAKLAND - It's the busiest day of the year at Molcajete Cocina Mexicana in Oakland, as Cinco de Mayo is being celebrated. Unsurprisingly, there are burritos, tacos and margaritas flying out of the ...

We’ve trumpeted this Bronx taqueria for its carnitas, a weekend-only special of slow-simmered pork, served with warm corn tortillas, salsas, and cilantro and onion, if you want it. But the shop’s ...

At la Diosa de los Moles, a Mexican restaurant that opened in Paramount in late 2017, the first thing you may notice is the oversize portrait of chef and owner Rocío Camacho posted near the entrance ...