The Accidental American: Recipe

Food is the ultimate unifier. Everyone eats. People migrate throughout the world with the recipes of their grandparents, parents, communities and beyond. The cuisine we feast on in our daily lives is determined by the offerings new waves of immigrants bring to this country. People's family recipes are shared and become essential elements of our diets.

We would like to share with you the recipes of our families and share yours. Each week we will feature a new family recipe. Submit your recipes to be featured on The Accidental American website here.

Victor's Chilaquiles

By Jonathan Adams | September 08, 2008

Victor from Oakland, CA
This recipe comes from my Mexican mom who probably picked it up from
her mom, or an aunt, or a cousin, or maybe even Rick Bayless. The
beauty of it though is that you can make it your own by substituting
...

Posted at 02:19 PM, Sep 8, 2008 | Permalink | Comment on this post

Soyinka's Oxtails

By Jonathan Adams | September 07, 2008

I was raised vegetarian/vegan in Oakland, CA, but my friends love my recipe for oxtails.

People all over the world enjoy oxtails, but this recipe was developed by enslaved Africans. Like pig feet or pig ears, oxtails were the “throwaway meat” the masters didn’t want, but our ancestors...

Posted at 11:45 AM, Sep 7, 2008 | Permalink | Comment on this post

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