iReport: Street food of Mexico
street food iReporter Lulis Leal travels the world with a keen eye, an open heart and an empty stomach. Here, she shares the visual flavor of a trip to a Mexican market where vendors hawk fruit,...
View ArticleHealth department bugs out over grasshopper tacos
Click to watch video Yesterday it was cicadas in the ice cream. Today's taboo is grasshoppers in the tacos - but there's a difference. While Sparky's frozen critter crisp dessert was invented on a...
View Article5@5 - The truth about Mexican food
5@5 is a daily, food-related list from chefs, writers, political pundits, musicians, actors, and all manner of opinionated people from around the globe. Many of us grew up eating out-of-the-can refried...
View ArticleA long-simmering rivalry in Los Angeles
Sauce: Just the word whets the appetite. And few are the places where the sauce is as rich, wonderfully complex and painstakingly prepared as the mole of Mexico. Simply put, it’s a chocolate sauce. But...
View ArticleThe inside scoop on homemade tortilla chips
Football season has officially kicked off, and no game-day menu would be complete without making a touchdown spike into the dip bowl. Instead of perusing the estimated 100 brands of processed tortilla...
View ArticleOut of the fryer and into the salsa bowl
You didn't think we'd leave those piping hot homemade tortilla chips out in the cold with nowhere to go, did you? Marcela Valladolid, Food Network host and author of "Mexican Made Easy," is back to...
View ArticleAll the fixings for a festive fiesta
The fifth of May is once again upon us; crunch time is on the horizon. Contrary to what some people think, Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican Independence Day. It, instead, celebrates when a much smaller...
View ArticleChefs with Issues: The Mexico I know
Chefs with Issues is a platform for chefs and farmers we love, fired up for causes about which they're passionate. Patricia Jinich is chef at the Mexican Cultural Institute. She also hosts "Pati’s...
View ArticleWhere to get your tequila fix this Cinco de Mayo
Kate Krader (@kkrader on Twitter) is Food & Wine's restaurant editor. When she tells us where to find our culinary heart's desire, we listen up. For those with a big commitment to Cinco de Mayo,...
View ArticleMexico's insects may hold the key to battling hunger
Editor’s note: Read this article in Spanish at CNNMéxico.com Long before Timon and Pumbaa from the Lion King popularized the phrase “Slimy, yet satisfying,” a whole gastronomic culture around insects...
View ArticleHow a Mexican snack became an American staple
Editor's note: Cindy Y. Rodriguez is CNN's editor for Latino audiences. February 24 is National Tortilla Chip Day. As a non-sports aficionado, my attraction to game day festivities has been solely food...
View ArticleBest tacos in America
(Travel + Leisure) Robert Flicker recently experienced a conversion—of the tortilla-wrapped variety. “I’d been a believer that a truly great taco must be served in a dive and consist of chicken, beef,...
View ArticleIn Mexico, a complex cuisine for a complex country
World-renowned chef, author and Emmy-winning television personality Anthony Bourdain visits Mexico City, Mexico, in the next episode of "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown," airing Sunday, May 4, at 9...
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