Robin: If you are not familiar with jicama—a root vegetable that is often eaten like a fruit—you are totally missing out. Jicama (occasionally called yam bean) may be the tastiest, most healthful ingredient that you are not using—yet. I first encountered jicama while as a high school exchange student in the northern Mexican state of…
main dish salad
Shredded Beef Salad (Salpicón de res)
Robin: Prepare to have your mind blown: There is now and there never has been anything in real Mexican cuisine known as a “taco salad.” I’m not saying that taco salad is a bad thing; it’s just that it’s not really Mexican. The recipe I have for you here below definitely is. It’s somewhat more…