Dried morita chili peppers pack a lot of heat. We found them at Todito Grocery in Adams Morgan (202-986-5680). If you can't locate them, use dried ancho chili peppers instead.

This marinated salsa is chocolaty, sweet, deep, mildly spicy and incredibly interesting. Versions of it are common in northern states of Mexico. Feel free to adjust the sugar to your taste. It is ...