Mexican Food & Cooking

Web Sites

Many of these websites are in English or have English translations. But some of them are in Spanish which will give you a wonderful opportunity to use your high school Spanish!

• Bon Appetit: Top 100 Dishes
  Obviously these favorite recipes have been modified for American tastes.
  • Enchiladas
  • Guacamole
  • Huevos Rancheros
  • Margarita
  • Quesadillas
  • Salsa
  • Tacos
• Cacique Cheese
  This California manufacturer of Mexican style cheeses offers many Mexican recipes using typically Mexican cheeses to cut the spiciness.
• Epicurious: International Cooking: Mexican Recipes
  You may browse these recipes by course.
• Gourmet Magazine: Ruth Harkness Articles
  The Gourmet site has articles back to the 1940s, including these by Ruth Harkness, most of which are on Mexico and South America.
• Los Angeles Times: Chocolate and spice
  Mole, Mexico's national specialty, is now delighting diners north of the border. An article by Barbara Hansen, March 17, 2004.
• Marilyn Tausend
  Marilyn Tausend is a cookbook author and Mexican culinary guide. Included in her very interesting website is an archive of recipes.
• Mercados: Traditional Mexican Markets
  Learn about Mexican food markets at this site by Jim Conrad, author of MEXICO: A Hiker's Guide to Mexican Natural History and The Maya Road. Included is a list of Mexican cities and towns with mercados.

• El Restaurante Mexicano: Recipes
  This is a trade journal for Mexican restaurants that includes recipes and articles, some of which are available on their website.
• Saveur Magazine: Classic Recipes: Mexican
  Saveur offers 173 recipes from its magazine archive. Saveur was slow in getting its content online but it is fantastic now!
• Saveur: The Seven Wonders of Oaxaca
  An article with recipes by Peggy Knickerbocker from Saveur's very first issue (#1).
• Tequila: In search of the Blue Agave
  This is an informative site put together by Ian Chadwick that will tell you all about tequila: how it is produced, its history, its place of origin, its ancestor: pulque, recipes. Each page also contains links to additional resources on that topic.
• Zarela.com
  This is the website of cookbook author Zarela Martinez and of her restaurant, Zarela, in New York City. The website has information on the author and restaurant, as well as recipes, including ones that were cut from her books.

Mexican Sites

• Madeleine Cocina
  This blog in Spanish is by Madeleine from Monterrey, N.L., México. Check out recipes with a Northern Mexican twist.
• La Cocina Mexicana
  This is a site that has been around as long as the web. Includes Regional Dishes of Mexico (Platillos Tipicos de Mexico). In English or Spanish from the Universidad de Guadalajara
• La Cocina Michoacan
  Recipes for appetizers, soups, main dishes and desserts from the University of Michoacan. In Spanish.
• Mexico Connect: Cuisine
  Recipes from a monthly online travel magazine by North Americans living in Mexico with a searchable database. In English and Spanish.
  • Las Hierbas de Cocina
    A Culinary Guide to Mexican Herbs by Karen Hursh Graber
• Mexico Desconocido: Gastronomia
  Mexico Desconocido, a glossy monthly magazine in Spanish devoted to lesser known aspects of Mexico, offers recipes for traditional foods from the many regional cuisines of Mexico.
  
• Mezcal of Oaxaca
  This Oaxacan site offers an introduction to this hard liquor of Oaxaca made from the Agave plant.
• Tamaulipas: Cocina
  This is a website from the Government of the state of Tamaulipas with extensive information on its food, including recipes. It makes one's mouth water: "Al llegar a Tamaulipas hay que pedir y presumir el Guayín, las Chochas de Sotol o la Flor de Pita con Huevo que se sirve en el desayuno; si se llega pasado el medio día, de entrada se pide Empanadas de Nopal, se sigue con Asado de Puerco, Mole de Papas con Camarón o Cabrito en su Sangre; y de plano en la noche también da lugar a las debilidades del paladar para saborear Tamalitos Revueltos o un Trozo de Cecina."
  In Spanish.

Pittsburgh Region

• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Real Mexican meals can be had only in Mexico
  An article from Thursday, August 17, 2000, by Diana Nelson Jones about her stay in Guanajuato, Mexico, with recipes for Mole Verde, Elvira's Frijoles, and Marinated Pork Rind Salad.