On a trip to Mexico City, I tasted these melt-in-your-mouth sopes. They’re little corn tortillas filled with a spicy black bean spread, roasted chicken, lettuce and cheese. It’s a great dish to serve ...

On a trip to Mexico City, I watched restaurateur Maricarmen Ramirez make melt-in-your mouth sopes — little corn tortillas filled with a spicy black bean spread, roasted chicken, lettuce and cheese. 1.

Cinco de Mayo (on May 5), a celebration of the victory at the Battle of Puebla in 1862 by the Mexican Army over France, deserves more than a supper of leftovers folded into tortillas. Try sopes, ...

A sope (pronounced SO-pay) is a corn cake that’s essentially a thicker version of a corn tortilla, said Louis Lambert in Big Ranch, Big City Cookbook (Ten Speed Press). Its exterior is generally fried ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Chef Frank Morales, owner of Spanglish ...

Early autumn is the very best time of year to be a New World crop. Ingredients like corn, chiles, potatoes, squash, beans, tomatoes and even vanilla and avocado changed the way the entire world eats, ...