I like spicy food. I like spicy hot food. So it goes to follow that I like Mexican food. But I'll tell you something. Mexican food does not have to be spicy hot.
Here in Los Angeles we get some of the best Mexican food in this country. As much as I like spicy versions of authentic Mexican cuisine. I have eaten enough really great Mexcican food to know that the best of it uses heat in a very beguiling way. That's because there are all sorts of chilis used in Mexican cooking and not all of them are blazing hot.
In fact the best recipes layer the flavors of more than one chili pepper in complex ways in order to build a ceratin taste sensation.
I am going to attempt something like this today. I am making quesdaillas. But rather than starting with and emphasising the heat in chili I am going to use three different chili peppers and bring a distinctive chili flavor, but it's not going to be overtly "hot".
Though it will be spicy and there is a difference.
Sippity Sup Continues »






