Mexican huazontle croquettes: Tortitas de huazontle
Flour, eggs and huazontle become delicious tortitas
© Daniel Wheeler, 2010
I had these for the first time at Las Cazuelas de Tlaxcala, a restaurant in Tlaxcala with really authentic Central Mexica...
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Zapotitlan (Land Of The Vultures)
Vidal is my brother-in-law. He and Areceli, his wife, both teach at a rural school where Vidal also is the director. He is a nice guy. He smiles a lot, is generous, and it seems when anyone needs help,...
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Setas con Epazote
Setas is the general name for several kinds of wild mushrooms found in Mexico, which have different regional names, according to their colors and sizes. ( Yemas, duraznitos, morillas, and ...
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Codillo Aquiahuac
Codillo, sometimes called chamorro, is the lower part of the pork leg, here cut crosswise into rounds, including the central bone. Nopales (paddle cactus) and verdolagas (purslane) are two of the most ...
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Stalking The Wild Mushroom: An Ancient Mexican Culinary Tradition
One of the standard pieces of advice found in books and magazines on diet and nutrition is to "eat what's in season." Here in Mexico, that advice is easy to follow, simply because the available produce...
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Spiced Lamb Steamed in Maguey Leaves: Mixiotes de Carnero
Mixiotes de carnero are a specialty of the central Mexican states of Puebla, Tlaxcala and Hidalgo. They are flavored with two of the most distinctively Mexican of leaves: avocado leaves, which are encl...
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Tlaxcala State: Traveling the Central High Plains of Mexico
I have been receiving a number of letters from people who have an interest in pre-Columbian Mexico and therefore this article will be mostly about my explorations in the vicinity of Tlaxco. Tlaxco is a...
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Traditional Mexican cooking school in Tlaxcala: An interview with recipes
September is back-to-school time, so what more fitting topic for this month's Mexico Kitchen column than a Mexican cooking school? One of the questions most frequently asked by readers concerns the ava...
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Tlaxcala City: Traveling the Central High Plains of Mexico
The Plaza de la Constitution is the main plaza or zocalo. Its grounds are well landscaped with large old shade trees, flowers, park benches, decorative green cast lampposts and several fountains. In th...
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Hacienda San Juan de Tlaxco, Tlaxcala: The people
Perspective:
Dateline - Tlaxco, Tlaxcala, Mexico
August 3, 1998
COLONIA SAN JUAN
The Hacienda San Juan de Tlaxco
Night-shadows play over the weathered stone markers in the small aban...
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The cuisine of Tlaxcala: food and tradition in central Mexico
Tiny Tlaxcala may be Mexico's smallest state but it is one of the most quintessentially Mexican in its traditions, especially in the realm of cuisine. The same artistic flair with which the people of t...
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Harvest cornpatch soup: Sopa de milpa
Milpa means "cornfield," and this soup incorporates not only corn, but a medley of other Tlaxcalan produce abundant at this time of year. Although fresh nopales are preferable, they are availabl...
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Tlaxco in Tlaxcala, Mexico
Perspective:
Dateline -Tlaxco Tlaxcala Mexico
Monday, April 13, l998
TLAXCO
7 A.M. The sky is something of a steel gray, like before the sun comes up or on dark cloudy days before a s...
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Mushrooms in vinaigrette: Hongos en escabeche
Wild mushrooms are found in abundance in the states of Puebla, Tlaxcala and Estado de Mexico during and after the rainy season, and used in soups, quesadillas and vegetable dishes. Although the comadre...
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