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Welcome to the new Lobel’s Culinary Club.

In the years since we launched our Web site and online butcher shop, the Lobel’s Culinary Club has become the cornerstone of our communications with our customers old and new. Our e-mails span the latest news about products and promotions to help you plan peak dining experiences for family meals, special events, and casual entertaining.

A fundamental part of the Culinary Club content comes from our unique perspective as butchers on meat handling and preparation. And while there are many recipes to share, we want to help you go beyond specific recipes to a wider world of in-depth explorations of cooking techniques. When you understand the fundamentals, you are free to invent your own culinary masterpieces.

We believe the more you know about preparing the finest meat money can buy, the more you will enjoy serving it to your family and friends.

With the launch of our expanded Culinary Club, we’ve created a living archive of knowledge that is gleaned from past e-mails and will grow with future e-mails.

Within the Culinary Club, we hope you’ll find numerous and useful resources to enhance your confidence in preparing the finest and freshest meats available, and ensure your absolute delight with the results.

For your dining pleasure,

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Stanley, David, Mark, and Evan Lobel

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  • cooking tools
  • culinary classics
  • culinary diy
  • cut of the month
  • easter
  • entertaining
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  • grilling
  • guide to meat
  • ham
  • hanukkah
  • holidays
  • lamb
  • lobel's prime meats in manhattan
  • new products
  • new year
  • passover
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  • smoking
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Get Your Taste Buds Ready for Cinco de Mayo

On April 29,2018 In barbecue , beef , cinco de mayo , culinary classics , culinary diy , food history , grilling , pork , recipes & techniques , smoking , t-roy cooks , tacos

Cinco de Mayo is a holiday that commemorates the victory of Mexican forces over the French occupational forces in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.

While celebrated only regionally in Mexico, this holiday is often observed as a celebration of Mexican heritage and culture in the United States.

Why not bring the festivities into your kitchen as well with some south-of-the-border flavor? We’ve got plenty of great selections for the occasion, plus delicious video recipes and culinary DIY guides.

Culinary Classics: Traditional Mexican Favorites

Learn more about these Mexican classics in our Culinary Classics series.

Carnitas

Culinary Classic: Carnitas

One of the staples of Mexican cuisine is the slow-cooked pork dish that originated in the state of Michoacán, known as carnitas.

The traditional method of preparation calls for braising a pork shoulder in lard until tender, much in the same way the French make confit, in which duck or chicken is simmered in duck fat until tender.

The literal translation of the word carnitas is “little meats.” The preferred cut for authentic carnitas is well-marbled pork shoulder, or Boston butt, which is cut into largish chunks of about 2 inches.
⇨ Read more about Carnitas.

Shredded Beef Tacos

Culinary Classic: Tacos

How much do you know about everyone’s favorite Tuesday-night, build-your-own, family dinner dish?
⇨ Learn more about tacos.

Culinary DIY: Restaurant Favorites in Your Own Kitchen

Everyone loves a great Mexican restaurant. Enjoy that same delicious flavor right in your own home with these step-by-step DIY guides to some Mexican cuisine favorites.

DIY Queso

Culinary DIY: Queso

Queso, which is Spanish for cheese, is an appetizer of melted cheeses and peppers. Queso is typically served as a sauce for nachos in Tex-Mex restaurants. Want to wow your guests with a homemade version of this restaurant-style appetizer? We’ll walk you through the steps for a seriously good queso!
⇨ Learn how to make Queso.

DIY Salsa

Culinary DIY: Salsa

Salsa, which is literally translated as the Spanish word for “sauce,” can take many forms. Salsa roja uses cooked tomatoes, while salsa cruda, pico de gallo, and salsa fresca use all raw ingredients. Salsa verde calls for tomatillos and is a delightful green color. And these are just a few of the many variations.

Prepared salsas sold in jars in the United States are always cooked to lengthen their shelf life so they can be sold in grocery stores and markets.

However, once you’ve tried fresh, homemade salsa, practically no mass-produced, jarred variety can compare. Here we show you how to make a chunky pico de gallo.

⇨ Learn how to make Salsa.

DIY Guacamole

Culinary DIY: Guacamole

Guacamole is a Mexican side dish that can seem like a difficult task to take on at home. Following these steps will guide you on your way to making crowd-pleasing guacamole.

⇨ Learn how to make guacamole.

Recipes & More: Get Your Cinco de Mayo Menu Ready!

All About Chile Peppers

From One Extreme to the Other: Chile Peppers

The most common way to organize peppers is by the degree of their heat, or pungency. The chemical that carries the heat in pepper is called capsaicin, and its concentration determines just how hot a given pepper is.

The common measuring unit is a Scoville heat unit (SHU) developed by Wilbur Scoville, a pharmacist, in 1912. The heat ratings are assigned by the results of a panel of taste testers, not objective data.
⇨ Learn more about chile peppers.

Three Video Recipes That are Guaranteed to Make You Hungry

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a little Italian-Mexican fusion. This incredible grilled (that’s right, grilled!) taco pizza video recipe will have you drooling on your keyboard.

Combine a love of barbecue and a love of Mexican cuisine in this amazing taco creation from T-Roy Cooks. But we’re warning you, once you watch this Pulled Pork Tacos video, you’re going to want to fire up your smoker (or run out and buy a smoker to fire up).

Although T-Roy uses flank steak in this video recipe for Wagyu Beef Fajitas, this recipe could easily be prepared with skirt steak, hanger steak, tri-tip, or flat iron steak.

Tasty Recipes to Try for Cinco de Mayo

We have some great Mexican-inspired recipes on lobels.com that are perfect for you to try this Cinco de Mayo. And if you give a recipe a try, don’t forget to leave a recipe review and earn My Lobel’s Prime Rewards points!

Mole Beef

Minted Summer Fruit Salsa

Beef Enchiladas with Red and Green Sauces

Classic Hamburger with Baja-Style Salsa

Get More Inspiration from Pinterest

Our South of the Border Flavor board on Pinterest is sure to get your menu-planning kicked off in a tasty way!

 

Do you celebrate Cinco de Mayo? What’s your favorite Mexican dish? Do you have your own recipe for queso, pico de gallo, or guacamole? Have you ever smoked pork butt or shanks for tacos? What’s your favorite Mexican fusion dish?

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