The Dish: Casa Oaxaca’s Nopalitos fritos ($9) What It Is: Cactus paddles seasoned with Mexican oregano, then battered and fried in crunchy blue cornmeal and served with a spicy avocado-tomatillo salsa. What It Tastes Like: Think cornmeal-crusted fried okra, and you...
Welcome to Demystifying Strange Foods, a series that introduces amazing cultures through their delicious foods, and in the process demystify both said culture and food. A close friend introduced me to Ethiopian food, and I’ve been an hopeless junkie ever since. Many...
