Mexican cuisine
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Mexican cuisine consists of the food traditions of Mexico. Its earliest roots lie in Mesoamerican cuisine. Mexican cuisine's ingredients and methods arise from the area's first agricultural communitie
Still-life with Fruit, Scorpion and Frog (1874) by Hermenegildo Bustos
Still-life, oil on canvas painting by José Agustín Arrieta (Mexican), c. 1870, San Diego Museum of Art
Ancient Mesoamerican engraving of maize, National Museum of Anthropology of México
Chiles rellenos, stuffed chile peppers
Mole (sauce)
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Mole is a traditional sauce and marinade originally used in Mexican cuisine. In contemporary Mexico, the term is used for numerous sauces, including some fifty distinct varieties of mole across Mexico
Mexican cuisine
…Mexican cuisine is an important aspect of the culture, social structure and popular traditions of Mexico. An example of this connection is the use of mole for special occasions and holidays, particularly in the south and central regions of the country. For this reason and others, traditional Mexican cuisine…
Chicken in a dark red mole
Selling mole mixes at the Feria Nacional del Mole in San Pedro Atocpan
Mole piñón (mole with pine nut)
A rich green mole with arroz rojo