Mexican Potato Latkes

Add spice to your entertaining with this new take on a classic.

Pati Jinich's Memorable Mexican Cuisine

Pati Jinich's new cookbook, Mexican Today, makes contemporary Mexican cuisine accessible for home cooks everywhere.

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Recipe: Avocado, Roasted Asparagus and Cherry Tomato Salad

This salad is best tossed just before eating, but the ingredients can be prepared a few hours ahead and kept at room temperature.

Recipe: Cal-Mex Fish Tacos with Creamy Slaw

The Mexican version of fish tacos has a fluffy, puffy batter and is served on corn tortillas with a more creamy and tangy slaw.

Apple, Pear, Hibiscus Flower and Pecan Charoset

This exotic take on Passover tradition produces a tangy taste and a vibrant ruby hue.

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Recipe: Mexican Cocadas

These luscious coconut-pineapple sweets come from pastry chef Fany Gerson, author of My Sweet Mexico and owner of Manhattan’s La Newyorkina.

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Recipe: Matzoh Brei Mexicana

This vibrant, scrambled-egg-style matzoh brei—adapted from Sandra Ciklik, a Mexico City-born chef who now lives in Manhattan—makes a wonderful breakfast or brunch treat. .

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Recipe: Fany Gerson’s Mexican Gefilte Fish

This richly flavored gefilte fish, served warm, is easy to prepare: It is sautéed rather than poached, so it requires no fish broth, and the sauce may be made ahead.

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Recipe: Syrian Salad with a Mexican Accent

This refreshing salad—courtesy of Hermosa Hagami, who was born in Mexico—makes an excellent accompaniment to chicken, kebabs, rice dishes... really everything.

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Recipe: Matzoh Ball Soup, Mexican Style

Take your matzoh balls with a side of lime, avocado, tomato and fresh avocado. Adapted from Sandra Ciklik, a chef from Mexico City who now makes her home in New York.

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Guava + Cream Cheese on Matzoh and other Forays into Latin-Jewish Cuisine

Passover comes to Santiago, Chile, in autumn, “at the beginning of the school year,” recalls Marjorie Agosìn. “It’s a lot like Rosh Hashanah then.” Pomegranates and purple-green figs filled the silver dishes on her grandparents’ snow-white table, set up outdoors and stretched to serve the large, extended family that included her 20 cousins.