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Filed under: Snacks, Vegetables, America, Mexico, Local EatingWhile Mexico has got to be in my top five best countries for street food - tacos al pastor with pineapple and loads of cilantro at the market in Mexico City, huitlacoche (corn fungus) and squash blossom quesadillas in the park in downtown Cancun, steaming chicken tamales wrapped in wet ...

Filed under: Coffee, Recipes, Sugar, MexicoOver the next few days, we will be getting ready for Cinco de Mayo here at Slashfood, and I decided there is no better way to start the day than with coffee. Actually, make that Café de Olla, a Mexican-style sweetened black coffee. I first had this drink about ten years ago, and still make it ...

Filed under: Food Oddities, North America A Mexican man, Manuel Quiroz, loves chilies with a passion. Perhaps disturbingly so. Not only can he ''down dozens of Mexico's spiciest chilies,'' but he can ''rub them on his skin and even squeeze their juice into his eyes without so much as blinking.'' Why on earth anyone would want to do that on a ...

Filed under: Vegetarian, Books, North America, Cookbook of the Day Nancy Zaslavsky is a James Beard Award winning writer that loves Mexican food and shares her passion for and knowledge of authentic, regional techniques and flavors from across the country in Meatless Mexican Home Cooking. Every dish is vegetarian and many have been collected ...