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Food Culture in Mexico (Hardcover, New)
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Food Culture in Mexico (Hardcover, New)
Series: Food Culture around the World
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Since ancient times, the most important foods in the Mexican diet
have been corn, beans, squash, tomatillos, and chile peppers. The
role of these ingredients in Mexican food culture through the
centuries is the basis of this volume. In addition, students and
general readers will discover the panorama of food traditions in
the context of European contact in the sixteenth century--when the
Spaniards introduced new foodstuffs, adding variety to the
diet--and the profound changes that have occurred in Mexican food
culture since the 1950s. Recent improvements in technology,
communications, and transportation, changing women's roles, and
migration from country to city and to and from the United States
have had a much greater impact. Their basic, traditional diet
served the Mexican people well, providing them with wholesome
nutrition and sufficient energy to live, work, and reproduce, as
well as to maintain good health. Chapter 1 traces the origins of
the Mexican diet and overviews food history from pre-Hispanic times
to recent developments. The principal foods of Mexican cuisine and
their origins are explained in the second chapter. Mexican women
have always been responsible for everyday cooking, including the
intensive preparation of grinding corn, peppers, and spices by
hand, and a chapter is devoted to this work and a discussion of how
traditional ways are supplemented today with modern conveniences
and kitchen aids such as blenders and food processors. Surveys of
class and regional differences in typical meals and cuisines
present insight into the daily lives of a wide variety of Mexicans.
The Mexican way of life is also illuminated in chapters on eating
out, whether at the omnipresentstreet stalls or at fondas, and
special occasions, including the main fiestas and rites of passage.
A final chapter on diet and health discusses current health
concerns, particularly malnutrition, anemia, diabetes, and obesity.
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