About: Stephen Chavez

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Nopales and Fried Tofu in Red Chipotle Sauce

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Lenten season is upon us and I am always scrambling to figure out how to have a meatless day. I’m a true carnivore. I can’t help it. Without meat in my meal I often find myself feeling deprived. Nopales (cactus paddles) is one of the first places I go to create a new recipe or re-create a tried and true one. Often found growing throughout Mexico and California where...
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Passion Fruit Dressing

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Art and I absolutely love the tropical, sweet tartness of passion fruit. We found this recipe in the new cookbook “50 Best Plants on the Planet,” by Chef Cathy Thomas and Melissa’s Produce. The dressing has chipotle chile in it. Chipotle chiles are ripe jalapeños that have been dried and smoked. The spicy kick from the chile will bring back the snap to any limp...
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Buick Food & Wine Discovery Tour

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While all my friends were scarfing chicken wings and carne asada nachos watching the NFL championship games on Sunday, I was being schooled by some top celebrity chefs. Greek-American culinary star Michael Psilakis showed us how to make a gyro spice of cumin, coriander, yellow mustard seed, cloves, black cardamom, fennel and cinnamon. America’s premier wine and spirits celebrity Michael Green humurously told us how to order wine in...
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Quit Loafing Around; Wake up Your Meatloaf Recipe with Roasted Pasilla Peppers

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Believe it or not, sometimes Art and I don’t agree on the food we like. He doesn’t care for meatloaf. He feels it’s boring, plus he has an aversion to ketchup. He remembers his mom making it once or twice and each time it was dry (sorry mama Rodriguez, his words not mine). Personally, I like meatloaf. I like meatloaf with mashed potatoes and gravy....
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