Ofelia Barrios is our second guest to share her stories and recipes in a video for Open View Gardens. Ofelia is a wonderful cook of Mexican food — during her time as a student at Middlebury College and her many subsequent visits to our home, she filled the house with ingredients she had brought from New York to make delicious, home-style Mexican dishes. In the video, Ofie not only explains her techniques for making chiles rellenos and tostadas but also shares how cooking reconnects her with her family and culture and helps her relax after a long day at work.
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August 25, 2011
[…] Ofelia Barrios came to visit a few weeks ago and showed us how to make chiles rellenos and tostadas, she brought her friend Yanira Arias form El Salvador with her. Even though Yanira says she […]
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Liz- The video is amazing. You and Barbara did a great job; I look like a true professional cook. Open View Gardens- Es mi familia!
Ofie
I think Elizabeth’s video is splendid, too, Ofie, and your cooking was delicious! I just got to sit back and enjoy it all, and enjoy it I sure did!
Ofie, I had so much fun making this video with you — thanks for contributing to Open View Gardens!
Ofelia: I just watched your video, I really enjoyed the Chile Relleno´s cooking procedure, I love all kind of rellenos, I am salvadorean and we love that kind of healthy food. Congratulations for being an expert cook!
Barbara, great job!, that kind of activities are very important for people who want to share their local recipes.
Patty Campos
Patty, I’m delighted that you watched and enjoyed the video of Ofie teaching us how to make her fabulous chile rellenos. I think you’ll enjoy Elizabeth’s video for next week which features a fellow Salvadorean making her family’s fresco de ensalada–it, too, was delicious.
Thanks for the feedback about the guest series. Elizabeth and I love this series, too, and how much we’re learning from all the cooks and gardeners and storytellers. Inviting people from around the world to share their food stories and recipes with us and our readers is a pleasure. The garden and kitchen are fantastic places from which to learn about the world and to open our hearts and minds to the rich variety of human experience!
I worked in Mexico City for 10 days or so a few years back and had chiles rellenos several times because I loved them so much. Now I know what this dish is all about and maybe I’ll try making it sometime.
I loved the video Ofelia as well as the other recent guest posts.
Gerry, I’m glad you enjoyed the video — it’s surprising how easy chiles rellenos are to make and I love that you can stuff them with whatever you have on hand. Stay tuned, we have more guest videos and posts on the way!