mexico

Recipes

• Pan de Muertos (Day of the Dead Bread)
  A yeasty sweet bread from Mexico
• Mexican Chocolate Icebox Cookies
  Mexican chocolate and cayenne lend exotic spice
• Mexican Flag
  A pretty layered drink
• Pitcher Perfect Margarita
  Great for a crowd
• Chile Hot Chocolate
  Hot, spicy, and very chocolaty
• Red Chile Sauce
  The mother sauce of Border Cuisine

Grinders

• A Sweet Deal for the Corn Industry?
  Mexican soft drinks are legendarily made with real cane sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup—but that could all change next year, thanks to a NAFTA provision. A Minnesota congressman may...
• Dude, They've Got Taco Bell Here and Everything
  Taco Bell somehow winds up in Mexico.
• Bordering on Creepy
  A vodka ad stirs up immigration politics, and forces an apology.

Ingredients

• Epazote
  Other Names: Ambrosia or farinello aromatico (Italian); ambroisie du Mexique or thé du Mexique (French); erva-de-santa-maria or erva-formigueira (Portuguese); hedge mustard; hierba (or yerba) de Sa...

Stories

• Build Your Own Burrito Bar
  Raise a margarita to Cinco de Mayo
• Pack Your Knives and Go
  Cooking vacations that steer clear of the tourist traps
• Mole in the Mountains
  A gastronomic adventure in Xalapa, Mexico
• Añejo Tequila Is a Hoax
  Why drink an agave liquor if you can’t taste the agave?