Being a native-born Yankee, I’m thankful that one of my best friends in life is a Mexican-blooded guy from Texas. Eddie gives me perspective and a glimpse into a life very different from the one I grew up with, especially when it comes to food.
Eddie and his family have shared with me some life-changing culinary traditions. Spending time in the kitchen with him and his Grandma Mary making fresh tortillas next to pots of simmering pinto beans are sights and smells that I’ll never forget. They’re gateway memories to a family lineage that takes immense pride in what they’re able to produce and share with each other.
But that bucolic portrait of a life more devout and less complicated isn’t what today is all about. Where there’s a place for hand-crafted food made with love, there’s an equally large place for some delicious junk food, which in Eddie’s house means “Frito Pie.” Get the skinny on what exactly “Frito Pie” is and pick up a kickin’ dinner recipe for it with my newest post on Cooking Channel’s “Devour” blog.
