Pour tomatoes into a large bowl and crush them by hand, removing the hard center cores. Alternatively, use an immersion blender to chop the tomatoes. In a large, heavy pot or Dutch oven, brown the ...

Season the beef with salt and pepper. In a medium roasting pan or dutch oven, heat oil until beginning to smoke. Add meat and brown until deep golden brown. May be necessary to do this step in 2-3 ...

Beef comes in so many forms — ground, roast, shank, steak, and so on — and is an ingredient that many have in our freezers a lot of the time. But finding inspiration for how to prepare it can be tough ...

It’s light but satisfying, fabulously flavorful and not at all fussy. Cocido -- a meal in a bowl with a Mexican accent and Spanish antecedents -- is made with beef shank and seasonal fresh vegetables, ...

Regular readers of this column know that I’m especially fond of the odd cuts — less expensive cuts of beef, pork and chicken that often use low-and-slow cooking methods to tenderize them and extract ...

Cocido means nothing more than cooked, but the namesake dish — a boil of beef and seasonal vegetables — has far more richness in flavor and geographic history than the name implies. There are many ...