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Easy Chopped Mexican Salad

Ready in less than 10 minutes, this colorful, flavorful meal is perfect for nights when you don't feel like cooking.

How to Make Mexican Tamales

I shied away from making tamales at home for the longest time, believing it was an undertaking so labor-intensive that it was only worth doing with the help of many, many extra hands. Turns out I was wrong—tamales, while requiring a small amount of assembly time, really aren't all that hard or time-consuming to make at all. After a few rounds of recipe testing, this version with three options for fillings will give you plenty of light, tender, airy, and incredibly flavor tamales…

How to Stock a Mexican Pantry: 14 Ingredients to Know and Love

The core items you'll need to get started making great Mexican food at home.

How to Make Capirotada (Mexican Bread Pudding)

Chef Richard Sandoval of Maya Mexican Restaurant in New York shares with us his recipe for Capirotada (Mexican Bread Pudding), the perfect dessert for the coming holidays.

Mexican food is healthy? Forget what you think you know

The Mexican food we know and love is about as authentic as American Chinese food. Just as thick sauces, peanuts or frying crop up rarely in China, the Mexican food that Dos Caminos chef Ivy Stark saw on a recent trip south of the border didn’t feature many of the ingredients we expect<br>“I want to dispel the myth that melted cheese and sour cream are authentic Mexican food,” she says.<br>Cheese, in fact, is a rarity — she found none in central…

The rules for tipping on takeout and delivery — and some other tips, too

Do you still tip 20 percent if you’re bringing your food home? Throw in a little extra for curbside pickup? Here are the etiquette commandments of COVID-era takeout and delivery.

What Kind Of Hot Pepper Are You?

The Unhealthiest Dish You Can Order at a Mexican Restaurant—and What to Order Instead

Keep the flavor and ditch the fat when you make a healthier version.

Find Low Calorie Mexican Food at Your Favorite Spot

Learn how to eat healthy in a Mexican restaurant. Find out how to order low calorie Mexican food with healthy swaps and quick tips.

The Health Benefits of Mexican Food

Mexican food can include high amounts of saturated fat from cheese and refried beans as well as trans fat from the lard used to make beans and tortillas. If you choose nutritious alternatives, ...

Beginner Genealogy Guide to Researching Your Mexican Ancestry

Do you have Mexican heritage? If so, this simple guide will help you begin to search for your ancestors online and locate quality resources where you can find additional help.

How to piss off a Mexican

Can You Pass This Mexican Food Quiz?

Mexican food is some of the most delicious food in the world. If you're not eating any right now, then you can at least try your hand at identifying some in our quiz. Think you can name them all?

12 Signs You Are Addicted to Mexican Food

Pictures and Decorating Ideas

See the dramatic beauty of authentic Mexican kitchen design in this colorful expose complete with decorating ideas, a pictures, and a video slideshow.

13 Mexican Dishes You Should Be Ordering but Aren't

Tacos are everything... but they also aren't everything.

Can You Pass This Mexican Food Test?

25 Things You'll See In Every Mexican Kitchen

The Backbone of All My Favorite Mexican Dishes? It's Maggi

Complex and loaded with umami, this potent liquid seasoning is beloved around the world.