Tag Archives: southwest

So Many Dishes, So Little Time

Sometimes I think my menu isn’t big enough. There are hundreds, thousands of recipes I’d like to try but I’ve inadvertently developed a menu that people like. There are a handful of plates people would be sad to see go, … Continue reading

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Pozole

Favorite brunchy thing. Hominy stew with cinnamon-chipotle braised pork shoulder, fried egg, shredded cabbage, queso fresco, pico de gallo, lime. I think I keep posting pictures of quiche and pozole. I’ll be better.

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Posole!

Hominy stew with cinnamon-chipotle braised pork shoulder, cabbage, poached egg, pico de gallo, lime and corn tortilla.

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chipotle-cinnamon braised pork shoulder

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I’ve been working on this recipe for a while now and it gets more delicious every time. The result is fork-tender shredded pork that is great in soups (see posole), excellent in tacos, empanadillas, whatever you want. The less I … Continue reading

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Posole v NW

Some friends and I ate lunch at the food carts yesterday on Skidmore and Mississippi in NE Portland, and e. got posole. It was cold and rainy, with the sun peaking out every half hour, so a bowl of hot … Continue reading

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Notes of a Papaya Thief

Welcome After many years of debate, travel, lost and found-ness, thousands of dollars spent in restaurants across the world, stints at scores of restaurants from busboy to server, prep to line cook, and finally co-owner and chef of a small … Continue reading

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