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Food in the Yucatán
Chiles en Nogada - Writing from Mérida
The smell of meat cooking has my cat Hobbsie screaming outside the kitchen door. But I won’t let him in just now… I am making Chiles en Nogada, a signature dish from the state of Puebla. There’s no special occasion, it is just “that time of year”...
A Culinary Salón - Remixto
Remixto is a culinary salón with a mission to connect you with quality, authentic Mexican flavors. Whether procuring, cooking or devouring it, our mission is to make you as passionate as we are. Our kitchen is headed up by Brent Marsh, a New Zealand native now living in Mérida. Partnering with Stan Kahng, a trained architect, we invent creative ways to get people together with great food, having some fun along the way.
The Best Little Taco Stand in Mérida, Yucatan - Yucatan Living
Hmmmm… tacos! When you finally discover real Yucatecan tacos, how
can you not fall in love? Don’t you just love those Maya-palm-sized
tortillas heaped with a tasty combination of meats or fish or veggies,
topped with a spicy salsa, some fresh onions, avocados, tomatoes,
cheese or black beans? Pour on a little salsa habanero, roll
it into a mini handheld burrito and pop it into your mouth! Four of
those is a filling meal, eaten in about ten minutes. Fast food, Yucatan
style! Heaven on the tongue!
In our experience, which is far from exhaustive, there are good taco stands in every corner of the city. In fact, most of the ones we know about are not in the Centro, curiously. They aren’t all on the Paseo de Montejo either… in fact, some of them are downright difficult to find for the uninitiated...
Mexican Mercado Food & Drink - Jim Conrad
Topics: Eating mercado food, Words appearing on menus, Mercado eating places, Wheat-floour products, Meats and beyond, Stew ingredient words, Sweets and sweets ingredients, Cheeses, Corn foods especially Tortillas, Non-alcoholic drinks, Alcoholic drink list
Mercados: Traditional Mexican Markets - Jim Conrad
In Mérida: Mercado Municipal; at corner of north-south running Calle 56 and east-west running Calle 65. Very large; typical food market on ground floor, but top floor occupied by a handicraft market, the Bazar de Artesanías Municipales, specializing in hammocks, embroidered clothes, straw bags, pottery, and filigree jewelry...
Mérida Seafood Tacos and Sandwiches - Yucatán by Bicycle
Ever smiling owner of El Negro taqueria Sr. Buenaventura Couoh makes his clients happy and eager to return to his exquisite seafood mini-restaurant. Located in Mérida’s city center on calle 64 between 59 and 61 is this little restaurant with a well deserved reputation built over twenty years for fresh “mariscos” or seafood tacos and sandwiches. Reasonably priced with rapid service and top quality, they have the recipe for success. Open from 7 AM to 3 PM every day. They also feature turkey, pork and regional dishes. Catering is available on request. Tel. 924-44-45.
Slow Food Yucatán - Yucatán Today
Have you heard about SLOW FOOD? It’s an international movement, based in Italy, which promotes local production of food, preservation of regional culinary traditions, and healthy eating. Today, there are 100,000 members in 132 countries. Slow Food Yucatán is an official chapter of the international Slow Food movement, and there are new members joining every day...!
Slow Food is a nonprofit, eco-gastronomic, member-supported organization that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat – where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world. Slow Food brings together pleasure and responsibility. The Yucatán chapter celebrates our diversity of local food production and rich culinary heritage, and aims to preserve, promote and enjoy it for generations to come. Slow Food Yucatán will promote the healthy growing and eating of locally farmed and produced food, and preserve the region’s unique culinary history. This in turn provides economic benefits to the local farmers, and healthy and delicious benefits to everyone who eats in Yucatán.
Yucatecan Cuisine - Los Dos Cooking School
Los Dos is the first school in the country devoted exclusively to the cuisine of Yucatán. Featured widely in magazines such as Condé Nast Traveler, Travel & Leisure and Gourmet, and on broadcast television such as Oprah Winfrey’s Oxygen channel and with Rick Bayless on PBS, Chef David Sterling’s Los Dos school has become a “must-do” destination in Yucatán, along with the spectacular Mayan ruins and many natural wonders. What better way to learn more about this region’s culture than by savoring Yucatecan cuisine?
