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Mexican Cuisine - Utensils and Cookware

El Mexicano — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:03:35 +0000

As in every culture, Mexican cuisine is prepared not just with traditional native ingredients but with the tools to shape and cook them. Those tools have developed over centuries of experience and combined today with modern technology to give the chef the best of both worlds. One of the most basic and widely used is the [...]

Mexican Pizza, Not Just an Italian Imitation

El Mexicano — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:01:08 +0000

Pizza may be associated more often with Italy, but the Mexican variety is hardly just a cheap knock-off. Quite the opposite. A good Mexican pizza will knock your socks off. They do have some things in common - flour, cheese, tomatoes. But there the similarities end. Mexican pizza is a world away from that of its [...]

Mexican Dishes Are Full of Variety

El Mexicano — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:58:25 +0000

Mention Mexican food and most people will instantly think of tacos or burritos. But just as Mexico itself is a rich and diverse culture composed of elements from the centuries, so is Mexican cuisine equally varied. A burrito for breakfast is far from unknown. But there are many other choices on the menu, as well. Huevos [...]

Can Mexican Food Be Healthy?

El Mexicano — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:54:21 +0000

Mexican food has the reputation for being high fat and high calorie. Some of that reputation may be deserved. A single beef and cheese chimichanga is about 445 calories and is high in sodium and fat. Even a small taco is around 400 calories and can be high in fat, especially when laden with sour [...]

Mexican Breakfast

El Mexicano — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:50:11 +0000

How you define a traditional Mexican breakfast depends on how far back in history you want to look. Aztecs thought themselves fortunate to have the first meal of the day be a nice grilled Iguana. A Mayan may well have regarded a raw grasshopper as a delicious fat-rich meal in the morning. While Mexican breakfast [...]