The Shapiros merit praise for transferring essential flavors from the State of Veracruz to the State of New York. Their two-month-old Zocalo (Mexican town square) is a gentle tribute that with its ...

Martínez (The Food and Life of Oaxaca), PBS's star this fall, ably represents the fascinating and spicy world of Veracruz, the narrow state along Mexico's Gulf Coast. In her fact-filled ...