During the winter months when I was a child, coming home from school and being greeted by the beefy, minty scent of albondigas en caldo simmering on the stove felt like a big, warm hug. This Mexican ...

In these albóndigas, meat is an enhancement rather than the dish’s centerpiece. Mix together the oatmeal, cilantro, half the garlic, the chipotle, 2 teaspoons of the cumin, 1 teaspoon of the coriander ...

As a huge football fan, CASA owner Mario del Pero and executive chef Alex Moreno were inspired by John Madden's annual turducken cookout to make a turducken of their own. Only this one is made in ...

Meatballs don’t always have to be meat. Along the Mexican coast, you can find brighter variations of meatballs made with ground fish and shrimp that shatter your expectations of what albóndigas can be ...

Both ground pork and beef are sold in 1-pound packages (not smaller), and you need both here, so you're mixing the succulent little Spanish meatballs called albondigas with a substantial amount. You ...

Plunging into a soothing bowl of Mexican meatball soup called albondigas is possible whenever Cueva Bar is open. But what if the tiny tapas restaurant in University Heights is closed? I’ve written ...

In her new memoir, "Feels Like Home: A Song for the Sonoran Borderlands" (published by Heyday), singer Linda Ronstadt includes traditional Sonoran dishes from her childhood. She shares with "Sunday ...

When I met Christy Vega Fowler at Casa Vega, she and her sister were prepping to host a day of filming for Quentin Tarantino’s new Manson-era movie, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” The director is ...

Note: When we were putting together the “Mexico in L.A.” issue, we suddenly started discovering great Mexican food all over the city. But this particular recipe came from a rather surprising ...