I’ve been making a lot of posole lately, and on a few occasions, I have found myself with more cooked hominy than I needed. What does one do with leftover hominy when you already have a pot of soup ...

In the kitchen of a snow-covered cabin in northern Montana, a lonely, gallon-sized can of hominy sits on a high shelf. My hunting buddies make merciless fun of that hominy, and me by extension. It was ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

On Christmas, on birthdays or after a long night of dancing, many Mexicans look to posole to cap the festivities. The states of Jalisco and Guerrero both claim this hearty pork and hominy soup, but ...

Last week, I feasted on an absolutely delicious posole. If you aren’t familiar with this hearty soup, you are missing out. It is a main course dish that consists of pork, onions, garlic, dried chiles, ...

Sometimes what your palate wants isn’t in sync with the season. I woke up the other day with a hunger for posole, the classic soup of hominy, pork or chicken, and a lot of highly-flavored garnishes.

The recent spell of single-digit temperatures along the Front Range, brutal enough to numb body parts and leave you chipping rime ice off the dog, has sent many of us scurrying to the kitchen for ...

Bring 5 cups water to boil in large saucepan. Add chicken; cover and simmer until cooked through, about 13 minutes. Using tongs, transfer chicken to platter; reserve cooking liquid in saucepan. Cool ...

No matter how long we live here, it’s always a shock. That first frigid blast served with a side of gale force winds makes some of us want to hunker down til spring. But after the initial jolt, we ...

When I served up a bowl of this spring posole for my husband last week, the first thing he said was, “This tastes like New Mexico.” I cannot think of a better compliment than that. This is a simple ...