Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Mexico and Central America”
Creating a Cuisine, by Dave DeWitt The arrival of the Spanish in Mexico had a profound effect on the cuisine of the country as the ingredients the explorers brought with them soon transformed the eating habits of the Indians. However, the Aztecs and their descendants did not give up their beloved staples such as chiles, corn, and chocolate; they combined …
By Dave DeWitt Aztec Chiles In 1529, Bernardino de Sahagún, a Spanish Franciscan friar living in Nueva España (Mexico) noted that the Aztecs ate hot red or yellow chile peppers in their hot chocolate and in nearly every dish they prepared! Fascinated by the Aztec’s constant use of a previously unknown spice, Sahagún documented this fiery cuisine in his classic …
By Dave DeWitt Chile is so ingrained into the culture of Mexico that chile expert Arturo Lomelí wrote: “Chile, they say, is the king, the soul of the Mexicans—a nutrient, a medicine, a drug, a comfort. For many Mexicans, if it were not for the existence of chile, their national identity would begin to disappear.” Early Origins In southern Mexico …
An Excerpt From: Mexican Modern New Food From Mexico by Fiona DunlopPhotographs by Jean-Blaise HallInterlink Books, Northampton MACopyright 2009192 Pages$29.95ISBN 978-1-56656-744-2Available on Amazon.com here. Mexico thrives on radicalism. The very word revolution conjures up the incredible vitality of a country where conflicts and political upheavals have peppered the calendar since pre-Hispanic days. The latest mutation is quite different, …
by Nancy Gerlach Feliz Navidad! It hardly seems possible that another holiday season is upon us, but it is. I’ve got to admit it’s hard to get into the spirit without cold temperatures and some snow, but here in Mexico the weather is like Christmas in Southern California. The Mexicans, however, are in the Christmas spirit. Around the first of …
