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The largest Spanish-speaking country in the world, Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821. The Spanish had been entrenched in Mexico since 1519, when they conquered the Mayan and Aztec civilizations, beginning the “Columbian Exchange” of foods. The Spanish brought wheat, pigs, beef, and cheese to the New World and carried back corn (cultivated in Mexico for 7,000 years), potatoes, tomatoes, beans, chiles, and chocolate. Mexico’s rich bounty is offered up at magnificent outdoor food markets held throughout Mexico. Regional styles exist under Mexican cuisine’s wide umbrella. In the north, flour tortillas and beef are popular. Elsewhere pork and corn tortillas are more plentiful. Whether corn or flour, tortillas are an important part of Mexican meals. Filled with meats, beans, and rice, they are eaten by hand, or rolled and covered with a sauce. Like corn tortillas, tamales begin as cornmeal dough, only the dough is stuffed into corn husks and steamed rather than flattened into disks and griddled.
 
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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: San Antonio, Texas, USA
Living In: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
About me:
I AM FROM THE U.S., I MARRIED A MEXICAN INTERNATIONAL AND SO NOW I LIVE IN LA VILLITA A LITTLE RANCH ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF GUADALAJARA. COOKING HERE IS NOT AS EASY AS IN THE STATES BECAUSE WE DON`T HAVE ACCESS TO A GROCERY STORE ACROSS THE STREET.

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LITTLECHILE 

Cooking Level: Intermediate
Living In: Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico
About me: As a child I was very interested in what went on in the kitchen. My mom has always been an adventurous cook with her head in many different recipe books and I guess it has been p…
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ERIKA 

Cooking Level: Expert
Home Town: Ciudad De México, Distrito Federal, Mexico
About me: I am 35 years old...Im a Realtor and Property Manager; have lived in Mexico City, Cancun and Cuernavaca, love to cook and entertain friends and family who have been extremely pati…
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MyHubbysWife 

Cooking Level: Intermediate
Home Town: Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
About me: I am an American with Mexican heritage and living in Canada. Love to bake, it's my therapy with my husband as my guinea pig. He will eat anything, but he is partial to my Choc.Chi…
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Tiramisu II

Reviewed on Feb. 7, 2011 by odessyboina   view full review
Okay first of all i have to admit I substituted a lot of things, but it still came out...
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Sweet Dinner Rolls

Reviewed on Feb. 7, 2011 by odessyboina   view full review
These were good, but I guess I was expecting something mindblowing after reading all the...
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Sweet, Sticky and Spicy Chicken

Reviewed on Feb. 4, 2011 by richly blessed   view full review
This is AMAZING....the only thing I did different to the original recipe was to dredge the...

 

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