This is a corn mush with a spicy tomato sauce.
El Mercado de San Juan Pugibet: An Eccentric Market
Are you looking for fresh tuna, bison, ostrich or lion meat-—yes, lion from a farm—edible scorpions, tarantulas, worms, ants, or mosquito eggs?
Huitlacoche: The Corn Fungus Among Us
This is not a legend: a corn plant disease became an Aztec delicacy, worth of Emperors!
Chinese Chiles in Mexico: The Inside Story
Both purists and nationalists claim there is an ongoing “prostitution” of Mexican cuisines …
The Wild Mushrooms of Central Mexico
Well, I have systematically refused to learn the intricacies of all that. I instead hire a guide and I let her do the work while I enjoy the walk, nature, and the clean air so absent in the big city.
A New Breed of Markets in Mexico City
By José C. Marmolejo The renewed interest in both Mexican and international gastronomy by the young, educated, and curious class of Mexicans has created the demand for a new market concept in Mexico City. While traditional markets in Mexico are hot, crowded, and smelly along with the ever-present threat of pickpockets and not exactly honest vendors, it takes the right …
A Gringo’s Guide to Eating Chapulines
In this case, we throw some nopales on top of the gordita and go heavy on the chapulines, as if the chapulines were moving to eat the nopales!
