We celebrate the new year with two great New Year’s Eve spiced-up cocktails.
Muchos Macho Nachos
Ah, nachos…you gotta love ’em, if only for the absurdity they inspire. The Ninety-nine Restaurant in Bellerica, Massachusetts just set a world record for a mess of nachos weighing 3,999 pounds. Not everything’s bigger in Texas.
The Mighty Spice Cookbook
Master spice expert John Gregory-Smith scoured the world for recipes featuring interesting spices, and shares his discoveries in this book. Not exactly ground-breaking stuff for chileheads, but accessible and interesting recipes with chile peppers prominently featured in many dishes.
Digging the Disc-It
To paraphrase Michael Corleone, “If history has taught us one thing, it’s that you can cook on anything.” Genghis Khan and his crew grilled on their shields over campfires, thus giving us Mongolian barbecue. People who crave the tang of gas fumes even use their car engines to cook food in foil. In northern Mexico, there’s cooking discada. That’s where …
