Category: Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo Is the Perfect Time to Enjoy Mexico’s World-Class Cuisine at Home

Many celebrations, big and small, feature skirt steak in our household. Whether it’s birthday bashes or graduations, we serve the quick-cooking, bold beefsteaks whenever the weather cooperates for grilling. This is a cut that deserves and welcomes the sear from a hot cooking surface. It’s a given that we’ll trim and marinate a pile of…


Tres Leches

Although Cinco de Mayo isn’t considered a major holiday in Mexico, in the United States it’s a day when many take time to celebrate Mexican culture (especially in areas with a large Mexican-American population). If you’re looking for a way to spend the holiday – beyond the simple margarita and tacos combo, as delicious as it is – tres leches, a traditional Mexcian cake,…


Turkey Picadillo Should Be on Your Cinco de Mayo Menu

It takes plenty of seasoning to transform ground meat into craveable dishes. Throughout Latin American cooks add chiles, tomatoes and dried fruit to simple ground pork or beef to create picadillo — a rich chopped meat mixture used to stuff chiles, tacos, appetizers and more. Dark, rich and mildly spicy, ancho chiles add loads of…