Author Archives: alexisciccone8

LET’S CHAT ABOUT IT One of my first posts ever on this blog was about Chipotle, so I figured it was only right to return to it again after a whole semester of learning about authentic Mexican food. In that post, I spoke about how passionate I am regarding my love for Chipotle, I recognizedContinue reading “Chipotle… Again!”

LET’S CHAT ABOUT IT Okay so here’s what we know about me thus far: I’m a guac girl, I’m a chorizo girl, I’m a Chipotle girl, I’m a frozen strawberry margarita girl, I’m a sandwich girl… but I’m not a breakfast girl. When I’m at brunch or at a diner, I always opt for lunchyContinue reading “To Huevos Rancheros and Maya Angelou… ♪”

LET’S CHAT ABOUT IT I watch a lot of videos on YouTube about Mexican cooking. “Tell me something I don’t know,” right? This is old news. Thus far, I have stuck mainly to Rick’s videos on Bon Appetit and channels like Claudia Regalado and Views on the Road — Mexican people making Mexican food —Continue reading ““Why Is This White Boy Trying to Teach Us How to Make Tortillas?””

LET’S CHAT ABOUT IT My previous post about breakfast tacos got me thinking about Tex Mex. In fairness, I think about Tex Mex a lot. Like I mentioned in my last post, the food that we had during our trip to Houston was absolutely mind-blowing and, sometimes, my friends and I sit around and justContinue reading “Fajitas”

LET’S CHAT ABOUT IT I made a post a few weeks ago about how I have been taking my extra free time during quarantine to cook more and learn new recipes that I likely would not have tried to conquer otherwise. Learning about tacos and constantly watching Mexican cooking videos on YouTube has caused MexicanContinue reading “Breakfast Tacos”

LET’S CHAT ABOUT IT Throughout my whole life, whenever I was at a Mexican restaurant and saw “tortas” on a menu, I always found myself confused. A Mexican sandwich? That didn’t seem right to me. Wasn’t a taco basically a Mexican sandwich? Yes, that was my closed-minded white girl view of that weird menu itemContinue reading “What the Heck is a Torta?”

LET’S CHAT ABOUT IT Tamales have gotten quite a bit of love on this page as of late — I know. But is there such a thing as overkill when it comes to tamal content? I don’t think so. It’s funny though because, before a few months ago, I had never even tried tamales. I’mContinue reading “Yet Another Tamal Video”

LET’S CHAT ABOUT IT I’m not going to sit here and say that any Mexican dish I have ever cooked is authentic or proper or even truly “Mexican” — more so Mexican-inspired, that seems safer — but what I will say is this: I’m having quite a good time learning! Following my previous post aboutContinue reading “Cooking Mexican… Well, Trying”

LET’S CHAT ABOUT IT I’m a YouTube gal. This isn’t news on this blog. We already know I love Bon Appetit, we know I lose sleep spending hours watching birria videos, we know I’m dedicated to multiple Eater series. So when Claudia Regalado’s tamales video came up on my Recommended one day, I clicked inContinue reading “My New Favorite Cooking Channel”

LET’S CHAT ABOUT IT As I’m sure you can tell, I do my best to keep all my content on this page as well as on my Instagram light-hearted and laced with humor. In times as crazy as what we are experiencing now with COVID-19 and worldwide self-quarantine, I personally think that everyone needs asContinue reading “Not Stereotyping Mexican as “Spanish””