On a trip to Mexico City, I tasted these melt-in-your-mouth sopes. They’re little corn tortillas filled with a spicy black bean spread, roasted chicken, lettuce and cheese. It’s a great dish to serve ...

Cinco de Mayo (on May 5), a celebration of the victory at the Battle of Puebla in 1862 by the Mexican Army over France, deserves more than a supper of leftovers folded into tortillas. Try sopes, ...

On a trip to Mexico City, I watched restaurateur Maricarmen Ramirez make melt-in-your mouth sopes — little corn tortillas filled with a spicy black bean spread, roasted chicken, lettuce and cheese. 1.

One of my family’s go-to meals is sopes (pronounced soo-pez). Typically served as an antojito (literally “little cravings” but figuratively, an appetizer), sopes have always been the main event in our ...

A sope (pronounced SO-pay) is a corn cake that’s essentially a thicker version of a corn tortilla, said Louis Lambert in Big Ranch, Big City Cookbook (Ten Speed Press). Its exterior is generally fried ...

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