New Mexican cuisine and red flint corn varieties are used for specialties like and blue-corn tortilla chips. Kernel corn and corn on the cob are frequent side dishes, as in the rest of the American South. Corn is not a frequent component of New Mexico or , and is usually a separate side dish in and of itself. Anise is common in some desserts, especially the state cookie, the bizcochito. Cilantro, a pungent green herb (also called Mexican or Chinese parsley, the seeds of which are known as coriander) used fresh in salsas, and as a topping for virtually any dish; not common
Rod Parsley United States and Christianity. In January 2006, a group of 31 Columbus, Ohio-area pastors charged that Parsley and another central Ohio religious leader had violated federal tax laws. The complaining clergy alleged that Parsley violated the tax-exempt status of his church by supporting various political causes. Author Chris Hedges' 2006 book "American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America" quoted Parsley as using militaristic metaphors in a sermon concerning his critics: In 2015, Parsley was treated for throat cancer, but has since recovered. Rod Parsley Rodney Lee Parsley (born January 13, 1957) is a prominent American Christian minister,