EVA LONGORIA x NYBG
Eva Longoria is an award-winning actor, director, producer, and cookbook author. Her first cookbook was the bestselling Eva’s Kitchen; she also has a culinary podcast called Hungry for History and the tequila brand Casa del Sol. She hosts the CNN show Searching for Mexico and splits her time between Los Angeles and Mexico City with her husband and their son.
Several recipes from her cookbook My Mexican Kitchen: 100 Recipes Rich with Tradition, Flavor, and Spice, are now featured on the menu of NYBG’s farm-to-table restaurant Hudson Garden Grill. The dishes are a delicious complement to The Orchid Show: Mexican Modernism, which is on view at the Botanical Garden through April 27, 2025.
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My Mexican Kitchen
While hosting Searching for Mexico on CNN, Eva Longoria reconnected with her Mexican roots. She tasted iconic Mexican dishes like meat-stuffed Chiles en Nogada draped in a creamy walnut sauce, and the Yucatán classic Pollo Asado, made with an aromatic garlic-citrus-achiote paste. In My Mexican Kitchen, she embraces the techniques and flavors she discovered and brings them home to her Southern California kitchen. From dishes based on long-heeded Aztec traditions like Chicken Enchiladas with Salsa Verde to her Tia Elsa’s Pork and Red Chile Tamales and Conchas that remind her of Mexico City, each recipe offers a delicious tribute to Mexican food and flavors.
