A taste of these black beans with nopalitos reveals a deceptively simple and extraordinarily earthy dish. In Mexico, nopalitos are always sold “de-spined.” If you are unlucky enough to have to buy ...

Some summer foods beg to be eaten: fresh tomatoes, sweet corn on the cob. But one virtually screams, "Leave me alone!" Nopalitos are the pads of the prickly pear cactus. In Mexico and the American ...

Nopales, also known as cactus pads or paddles, have long been a part of my California culinary life. I've had periodic bursts of enthusiasm over their slightly lemony flavor and firm-to-the-bite flesh ...

Prickly desert cactus sounds like the last thing you’d want to eat. But -- surprise! -- once the spines are off, cactus is juicy and tender, great in anything from salads and soups to main courses and ...

This is “You Gotta Try This,” The Bee’s series featuring one particular must-have dish at a local restaurant. Each featured dish is nominated by a reader and chronicled at sacbee.com. Got a menu item ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA — A dreamy new children’s picture book is bringing warmth, tradition, and tamales to bedtime. Where ...

“This is different than Tex-Mex food,” says Betty Gonzales, describing the dishes she and her chef husband, Alejandro, make and serve at Cascabel Mexican Patio on St. Mary's St. The restaurant, owned ...

They're definitely an acquired taste. If you didn't grow up eating nopalitos, you could hardly be blamed for not thinking the spine-covered pads of the prickly pear cactus are delicious. And if you ...

Down the canyon road from our house in Southern California, I pass the only remaining vestige of an old rancho -- an ancient cactus fence. I admire it and note that the tender buds and thin paddles ...

IT, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A POINT TO GO THERE >> ROSE MAKES BETTER PANCAKES THAN I DO. >> MY NAME IS DAVE AND I AM THE CO-OWNER OF THIS FINE ESTABLISHMENT. >> IT'S LIKE YOU ARE INVITING SOMEONE INTO YOUR ...