The holidays at my house was always a battle of cuisines: traditional Southern versus traditional Cuban. My mother, a proud immigrant from Santiago de Cuba, always liked to bring a few of mi abuela‘s ...

Looking for a classic Filipino stew? Learn how to make Pork Mechado — a tomato-based pork stew with carrots, potatoes, and a deep, umami-rich sauce made with soy sauce, garlic, and a hint of calamansi ...

CEBU, Philippines — Mechado is a type of stew that is quite a favorite among Filipinos. It can either be made of beef or pork. The dish consists mainly of pork or beef slices, potato, frozen green ...

This recipe shows how to cook pork mechado by braising pork in a tomato-based sauce until tender and deeply flavorful. A ...

They’re all red, made up of meats, and simmered to perfect tenderness; how do you distinguish caldereta from mechado, menudo from afritada? These dishes are ever-present on the Filipino dinner table.

Afritada, Mechado, and Kalderta are three too-similar Filipino dishes that confuse even Filipinos. Unang Hirit on Tuesday decided to settle the score. Calling on chefs from the superb LGC Group of ...

I couldn’t care less if what I am eating is menudo, afritada, caldereta or mechado. They are all good, period. Sometimes, my mother making do with what we have in the pantry would frankenstein a sort ...