Pork and pinto bean guisada
In James Michener’s epic novel Texas, he has a scene where two discuss why beans are not included in Texas chili. The characters conclude that it’s because beans and beef…
Pork recipes
Chicken and chorizo tinga
Over the years, many readers have asked me if I have a recipe for chicken tinga. While I don’t have one label labelled as such, it occurred to me that…
Carne de puerco en chile colorado
Carne de puerco, which is tender pork nestled in a heartwarming gravy made with red chiles, is welcome on a cold day.
Hatch chile pulled pork
Over the weekend, I went to a family barbecue at my Uncle Bubba’s house. He was celebrating a milestone birthday, and all his siblings, including my dad, and their spouses…
Green chile meatloaf
When it comes to meatloaf, I’ve learned that there isn’t a bad one in the bunch. I reached this conclusion when I was recipe testing a variety of methods, and…
Green chile pork posole
Last week, I lost my sense of smell. Thankfully, my sense of taste was still functioning, so eating wasn’t completely strange. But everything had only the basic essence of salt,…
Country-style pork ribs and sauerkraut
My family loves sauerkraut. My father has a stone crock so he can ferment it at home, and my mom has also canned batches when her garden was overflowing with…
Pork chop breakfast taco
“Is this correct?” I asked my server one morning at an airy restaurant close to downtown San Antonio. I had asked for a breakfast taco, but he had brought me…
Boudin kolaches
When I recently went to go vote, there were boxes of kolaches at the polling station for people to snack on as they waited in line. What struck me was…
Texas pulled pork queso
My cousin married a woman from Kansas City. We’ve become good friends and the other day when she was doing work in Marfa, she sent me a text discussing the…
