Small eggplants such as Japanese or Chinese varieties are good for this recipe, as they tend to be less bitter and not as seed-filled as larger globe varieties. If you use white eggplants, you might ...

3 tablespoons chopped fresh oregano leaves, plus oregano sprigs for garnish Instructions: Preheat oven to 450 degrees. From 1 lemon, grate 1 tablespoon peel and squeeze 2 teaspoons juice. In small ...

With all the cookbooks that come out each year, repeating volumes filled with market-driven dishes prettily photographed in vintage cookwear on hardwood tabletops, it’s easy to overlook some of the ...

Mexican oregano gives a special taste to classic meals from Mexico. It is a must-have item to keep in your kitchen. What is ...

A reader was given a plant labeled Cuban/Mexican oregano (Plectranthus amboinicus) and wonders if it's really a culinary herb. But here's the real question: What is oregano, anyway? Plants in the ...

It would be hard to establish exactly when Mexican gourmet cooking began. Did it start in the valley of Oaxaca 700 years before Christ? Or did it all begin in 1325 in Tenochtitlan, what is now Mexico ...

Thankfully, the government is no longer telling us to overcook most pork. Under a revised Department of Agriculture guideline, it’s now OK to cook whole cuts of pork to medium, or 145 degrees on an ...

This is longtime Chronicle food editor Ann Criswell’s famous standard, using fresh mushrooms, instead of canned and substituting low-sodium soups. Top with french-fried onion rings if you like. Bring ...

Not the dessert, the cocktail. Alba Huerta adds fresh oregano to give a savory edge to this cobbler made with pisco, a South American brandy. "Oregano has such a big flavor, you have to tell people up ...