by Malcolm Bedell
November 27, 2012
Here’s what I always assumed about pozole, the Mexican soup that predates even the arrival of the Spanish in that country: I knew that it was usually made with pork. I knew that it was studded with pozole, corn kernels that have had their hulls removed using lime (the mineral, not the fruit), which absorb [...]
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by Malcolm Bedell
June 6, 2012
Over the last two years, Portland’s Mexican restaurant scene has undergone a fairly massive transformation. In just 24 months, it’s as though the city collectively moved past the grim, cynical depictions of South of the Border fare, past the bottomless bowls of melted queso, and beyond fishbowl-sized frozen margaritas. All at once, Portland diners were [...]
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