This is a bibliography and resource guide for Mexican foods and cooking history and information. If you are researching a Mexican dish or just curious about Mexican foods then this is a good place to start. Pre-Columbian Cuisine. Mexican Cooking Tools.
The Nahuatl word, masa, means "dough" in English. The dough is made from field corn named maize blanco.
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo this year with some classic traditional Mexican cooking. Start with a refreshing agua fresca or cocktail with guacamole and chips and move on up to your entree of choice and top off with Churros and Champurrado. Learn about Cinco de Mayo history too and find your perfect recipes.
In Mexico, tacos are simply a wrapper, usually corn but sometimes a flour tortilla, wrapped around small bits of food, often meats, topped with fresh onion, cilantro and a little sauce Learn all about Mexican tacos including taco history, 7 traditional taco styles and basic ingredients.
A relative of the tomato and member of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family tomatillos provide that tart flavor in a host of Mexican green sauces. Article includes recipes, history, growing tips and nutritional information