Mexican Kitchen Mexican markets, especially the open-air variety, still bear an uncanny resemblance to their pre-Hispanic predecessors. The colors and aromas of carefully arranged piles of fruit and vegetables, bundles of herbs, and all manner of corn dough-based food baking on the comal is not that much different from the descriptions given nearly five hundred […]
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Mexican Kitchen by Karen Hursh Graber Read Part I – Beef Continuing a look at meat cuts and how they are named and used in Mexico, we will first consider pork. The old saying that you can eat every part of the pig but the squeal is especially true in Mexican cuisine. In addition to […]
Continue ReadingBelow are selected articles and recipes from Guanajuato, Hidalgo, México, Mexico City, Morelos, Puebla, Querétaro and Tlaxcala, the eight states that form the Central Highlands Region of Mexico. To see ALL articles and recipes related to this region, please use the following individual state links: Guanajuato – Articles or Recipes Hidalgo […]
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The State of México (Estado de México) is part of the Central Highlands Region of Mexico, along with the states of Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Mexico City, Morelos, Puebla, Querétaro and Tlaxcala. The State of México almost completely encompasses the much smaller State of Mexico City. A large part of the population of the State of México […]
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The state of Mexico City (formerly Mexico D.F.) is part of the Central Highlands Region of Mexico, along with the states of Guanajuato, Hidalgo, State of México, Morelos, Puebla, Querétaro and Tlaxcala. The state of Mexico City is home to more than 14 million people. (The Mexico City Metropolitan Area extends into neighboring states and […]
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The state of Tlaxcala is part of the Central Highlands Region of Mexico, along with the states of Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Mexico (State of), Mexico City, Morelos, Puebla and Querétaro. The land-locked state of Tlaxcala, Mexico’s smallest state in area, is mostly on Mexico’s high central plateau, though the state’s eastern sections rise into the La […]
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The state of Morelos is part of the Central Highlands Region of Mexico, along with the states of Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Mexico (State of), Mexico City, Puebla, Querétaro and Tlaxcala. The state of Morelos is Mexico’s second smallest in land area (after Tlaxcala) but has a high density of population. The state capital is the historic […]
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The state of Puebla is part of the Central Highlands Region of Mexico, along with the states of Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Mexico (State of), Mexico City, Morelos, Querétaro and Tlaxcala. Though small in land area, Puebla is very diverse. The topography is rugged and elevations range from under 100 meters to three massive volcanoes rising over […]
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The land-locked state of Guanajuato is part of the Central Highlands Region of Mexico, along with the states of Hidalgo, Mexico (State of), Mexico City, Morelos, Puebla, Querétaro and Tlaxcala. The capital city of the state is also named Guanajuato. Birthplace of famous muralist Diego Rivera, the university city has outstanding colonial architecture and hosts […]
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The state of Hidalgo is part of the Central Highlands Region of Mexico, along with the states of Guanajuato, Mexico (State of), Mexico City, Morelos, Puebla, Querétaro and Tlaxcala. The capital city of the state of Hidalgo is Pachuca. The state of Hidalgo has several interesting “geomorphosites” – places where landforms provide amazing scenery for […]
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