Foundational Sources
Taste, Politics, and Identities in Mexican Food by Location: Available OnlinePublication Date: 2019This book examines the history, archaeology, and anthropology of Mexican taste.
Mexican-Origin Foods, Foodways, and Social Movements : Decolonial perspectives by Location: Available OnlinePublication Date: 2017This collection of new essays offers groundbreaking perspectives on the ways that food and foodways serve as an element of decolonization in Mexican-origin communities.
Comer y ser : raíces gastronómicas de México by Location: Available OnlinePublication Date: 2012Reflections on pre-Hispanic roots of Mexican cuisine, illustrated with numerous photographs of codices, earthenware vessels, local produce, cooking instruments, and ingredients.
Planet Taco by Location: Available OnlinePublication Date: 2012Pilcher traces the historical origins and evolution of Mexico's national cuisine, explores its incarnation as a Mexican American fast-food, shows how surfers became global pioneers of Mexican food, and how Corona beer conquered the world.
Corn Meets Maize by Location: Available OnlinePublication Date: 2012This compelling book explores the intimate connections between people and plants, agriculture and cooking, and the practical work of building local food networks and transnational social movements.
Find Articles
The following is a selection of the many articles available to you through BU Libraries Search:
- "Mezcal Production in Mexico: Between Tradition and Commercial Exploitation" by Melchor Arellano-Plaza (2022). Available online.
- "Traditional fermented beverages in Mexico: Biotechnological, nutritional, and functional approaches" by B. Pérez-Armendáriz (2020). Available online.
- "Prehispanic use of chili peppers in Chiapas, Mexico" by Terry Powis et. al (2013). Available online.
- "The family grilling consumption experience in Mexico" by Flor Morton et. al (2020). Available online.
Video Spotlight
In Puebla, Mexico, Enrique Juárez, a third generation cantero (stone artisan) carves heirloom molcajetes from volcanic basalt rock:
