Roti quesadillas, Naan and tortillas… wait, is this Mexican food or Indian food? Well during the late 1800’s and early 1900s Punjabi men immigrated to the United States for work. By 1917 there was an immigration Act that prevented mostly Asians from coming into the country. Therefore, it left Punjabi men in places like YubaContinue reading “Mexican-(insert different country here) Food”
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Real Chocolate
When we think of chocolate, we think Snickers, M&M’s, Twix, and maybe even Godiva. We taste the sugar and satisfy our cravings, and make cake frosting out of it– delicious. But what we tend to forget is that chocolate is one, a plant, and two, very bitter.
Tortillas, Down to a Science
A waiter comes toward with steaming hot tortillas and puts it before you on a beautiful Talavera plate. And you assume that because they seem so simple, that it is just grilled dough. Wrong. Tortilla making is a science, literally– a lot like titration, and distillation (for tequila), nixtamalization is the process of adding theContinue reading “Tortillas, Down to a Science”
Cultural Appropriation
The essence of Mexican food is the idea of “coming from scratch” and not some commercialized food that is mass-produced, like Taco Bell or Chipotle. Even though it may be hard to find the original ingredients in America, like maize (ground corn), it’s the care and passion that goes into the food that it theContinue reading “Cultural Appropriation”
Authentic Taqueria Only 