This story has been updated to clarify when to add dried chiles in the recipe. This is an ingredient of extremes. There is probably no “take it or leave it” or “yeah, sometimes” here. This is most ...

“Are you going to come home this weekend and visit me?”, I asked my daughter, who lives in Houston. “Well, only if you promise to make beef tongue,” said my daughter. It is her favorite. It may seem ...

There are some parts of animals that even the most carnivorous eater does not try. In kitchens and butcher shops, most of these parts are referred to as offal, or the internal organs of the animal. We ...