Also called “Our Lord the Flayed One,” Xipe Tótec was the god of new vegetation, fertility, and war and was one of the four creators of the universe Pozole dates back to pre-colonial times – Photo: ...

Pozole verde, the pre-Columbian chilli-laden stew, starts with corn. A symbol of life and prosperity in ancient cultures, corn is “undoubtedly the most defining food crop in the history of the ...

The possibly apocryphal story of pozole, a hearty Mexican stew of pork and hominy, dates back to the Aztec kingdoms when a ceremonial pot of stewed corn and sacrificed human flesh was prepared for ...

There is a café in Santa Ana, California, that specializes in foods from above and below the U.S.-Mexico border: Baja California wines and New Mexico-style beef jerky, corn bread made from blue maize ...