Marinated and Grilled Pork Tacos (Puerco Adobado)
"A quick look around the grocery store tells you the world has come to Portland. Even the most mainstream stores carry ingredients that just a few years ago were considered exotic: fresh cilantro, chipotle chiles, canned coconut milk. But even exotic needn't mean difficult -- most of our globally inspired selections for this year are easy to make and definitely easy to love. Names such as "tagine" may be unfamiliar, but the dish is just a stew, with all the homey appeal of any comfort food, just a tad more exciting. And while a few of these dishes include hot stuff such as fresh or dried chiles, you can decide how high you want to go on the Scoville scale by adding less (or more) of the hot spices a recipe calls for. Do not allow the pork to marinate longer than two hours or the pineapple's powerful enzymes will turn the meat mushy. Freezing the meat for 30 minutes before cutting into steaks will firm the pork up enough to slice easily...."