F O O D
PAMBAZO
Pambazo is a Mexican dish or antojito made with pambazo bread dipped and fried in a red guajillo pepper sauce. It is traditionally filled with papas con chorizo or with papas only but there are different varieties.
CHAPULINES * EXOTIC FOOD
Since pre-Hispanic times, in many parts of America, the natives ate chapulines. You might find this disgusting, horrifying, or simply unbelievable, but chapulines are a
food that contains high amounts of proteins and nutrients essential to the human body.
TORTAS AHOGADAS
MEXICAN GASTRONOMY - TACOS
Tortas ahogadas are a popular Mexican dish that
resembles sub sandwiches but, I dare say, are so
much more flavorful! Tortas ahogadas must be
made with a special kind of birote (bread) as well
as “drowned” (ahogada) in a sauce.
MEXICAN GASTRONOMY - TACOS
MEXICAN GASTRONOMY - TACOS
Tacos…..besides wanting to eat one, have you ever wondered who invented them?
Or wondered how many kinds of tacos there are?
CUITLACOCHE * EXOTIC FOOD
“Cuitlacoche” Aztec cuisine! “Food of the Gods”
Corn smut also nown as corn mushroom
CHOCOLATE * HISTORY
Chocolate is the elixir of the gods, according to the Aztecs.
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MOLE * HISTORY
The history of mole goes back to pre-Hispanic times. It is said that the Aztecs
prepared for the great lords a dish called “molli,” which means sauce. At first, mole
was prepared with (guajolote) turkey (mole de guajolote), chocolate, and chilli peppers (chili peppers are used as a condiment in almost all dishes in Mexico).
"Read full article in March/April 2019 issue"
CHINICUIL MAGUEY RED WORM * EXOTIC FOOD
In the 50s, a student at the Jacobo Lozano Páez School of Art came up with an idea, to include a worm in the bottle of a mezcal he was producing as a way to distinguish his mezcal brand from others available at that time.
"Read full article in September/October 2019 issue"
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