Salsa and pico de gallo are staples in Mexican cuisine, beloved for their vibrant flavors that elevate your favorite dishes. You'll find them gracing tables at Mexican restaurants, topping tacos, or ...

Fresh salsas abound in the Latin American tropics, where produce can grow year-round, making it easy to chop, grind, blend or puree fresh fruits, vegetables, spices and herbs into savory or sweet ...

Roma tomatoes, diced 1/2 cup red onion, minced 1/2 jalapeño, seeded and minced 2 tbl cilantro, minced 1/2 lime, juiced 1/2 ...

Pico de gallo is a freshly diced “salsa cruda” or raw salsa made of tomato, onion, jalapeño, cilantro, and lime juice (it’s also known as salsa bandera or salsa fresca in certain regions of Mexico). I ...

Recently my culinary adventures have led my wife and me to growing our own basil and making our own homemade corn tortillas. I’d always thought cooking at home would be much healthier and easier on ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Years ago, when Chevy’s Fresh Mex restaurants were still in Colorado, two pals (both with Texas roots) and I would go there for its chimichangas, margaritas, ...

Unlike ripe red tomatoes, tomatillos and green tomatoes ferment well and hold up in storage. For salsa verde, add 1 more teaspoon of salt and 4 cups diced tomatillos, green tomatoes, or a combination ...

Pico de gallo is a summer salsa staple, but adding to it a favorite and seasonal stone fruit, the plum, gives this salsa a refreshing spin. The red-fleshed plum, with its sweet and tart notes, plays ...

While constructing this season’s first batch of BLTs (featured in last week’s Food section), I got hungry for all manner of tomato-y treats, including the raw salsa known as pico de gallo. Off I went ...

Some people think pico de gallo is just another way to say salsa. Tomato, to-mah-to, right? Not quite. Pico de gallo and salsa are actually two distinctly different (but equally delicious) condiments.