During a recent food workshop, a friend of mine gave me a taste of a wonderful herb called epazote. He said, “I don’t know much about this, but maybe you could write an article about it. I want to ...

In Mexico and Central America, a pot of traditionally cooked beans has a particular aroma and flavor, often missing from Tex-Mex renditions of this dish. This distinct aroma and flavor comes from ...

Epazote is a leafy herb with a pungent, bright flavor, with notes of citrus, mint, and oregano. It lends a savory depth to the summer squash, and pairs particularly well with dairy. Leaving the queso ...

When cooked with dried beans, especially black beans, the weedy herb epazote (ey-pah-ZO-tay) is credited by Mexican custom with reducing the gas-creating tendencies of beans. The herb’s nicknames — ...

It adds flavour to everything from quesadillas to mole – and for one Mexican chef, the smell is like a portal to the ancient past. From a grandmother’s remedy for the flu to a taste of Mexican history ...

Anyone who uses beans as a significant part of their diet should know about epazote. I first learned of the remarkable gas-relieving effects of epazote in 1975 while studying Mexican and Central ...

IT’S A DRIZZLY Sunday night in the Georgetown neighborhood. Jared Velazquez Ayala, dressed all in black, hands me the brown paper bag. I stick my nose in. Pungent. Unmistakable. The herb — sometimes ...

Ten years ago, you had to head to Mexico if you wanted to find a warming bowl of tortilla soup. Today, many people are enjoying Mexican fare and they`re searching for authentic dishes, hence, classics ...

l was working in my herb garden last weekend when my neighbor, pulling weeds on his side of the fence, retched. I was hacking away at Chenopodium ambrosioidesy epazote, an herb used in Mexican cooking ...

In a video post on Twitter, the Green Thumb Nursery (@greenthumb_ofc) shares an easy tip for eating beans without experiencing the uncomfortable bloating and gas that often follows. The video clip ...