The Spanish word for “meatballs” is albondigas, so naturally the star of albondigas soup is a batch of from-scratch meatballs. The tender, spiced meatballs float in a rich tomato broth with aromatic ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I’m eating a glorious dish of pork ribs in chile negro. It’s Mexican, but I have never tasted anything like it before, not even in Mexico. The sauce for these remarkable costillas (ribs) is dark and ...

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 ...

Hearty, earthy and slightly sweet, these “meat”balls come smothered in a rich saffron and tomato broth Meatballs are one of those dishes you find everywhere. In the Middle East there are kofta, in ...

Mexican Albondigas Soup is the ultimate comfort food. In this traditional Mexican Soup, large juicy meatballs flecked with ...