At our request, María Castro, founder of Houston's Castro Cheese Co., wrote down this recipe for the first time ever. It's no surprise she uses the company's La Vaquita-brand cheese. Place 5 cups ...

2. Melt the butter and toss the cubed bread in the butter to coat the bread slightly and toast in the oven for 5 minutes 3. Combine water, piloncillo, cinnamon sticks, and cloves in a large saucepan.

The bread was burned. Smoke swirled around the frying pan. Most of the cheese had turned moldy. And where was that last, crucial tomatillo husk? I was trying to make capirotada, the bread pudding that ...

A delicious lenten dessert recipe by La Margarita! Capirotada is a bread pudding made with cheese, traditionally served during lent. Enjoy! Capirotada Recommended Videos Ingredients: • 6 cups cubed ...

During the annual Lenten period, many Christians abstain from meat on Fridays. There are so many dishes you can make when meat is off the table, like sheet-pan spanakopita quesadillas (heck yes!), ...

Día de Muertos is a holiday for cooking the favorite foods of your loved ones, departed or living. The dish mixiotes, often served for the holiday in Hidalgo, traditionally was wrapped and cooked in ...

Mention capirotada to María Castro, and she's lost in memories of a hard but happy childhood in the Mexican countryside. Mention it to Laura Murillo, and she's transported to the sights and scents of ...

In college, I spent my junior year abroad at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. To ease the homesickness of the American students, our sponsoring program organized a Thanksgiving dinner. They ...