In January 2020 I assumed I had a lock on the annual Kedzie Inn chili cookoff, with a three-day smoked brisket braised with Cremeria La Ordena mole picoson. I spent a lot of time peering into the Dutch oven, building it, finessing it—no, caressing it—making sure the judges would drown in its smoldering, head-spinning complexity. So I […]
Tag: Guatemalan food
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Giống Giống and the f-word
The case for Vietnamese-Guatemalan fusion in a single dish
Posted inFood & Drink
Giống Giống means the flavors of Vietnam and Guatemala are kinda ‘same-same’
Two chefs join forces for an unlikely but fitting fusion.