# Mexican Cuisine

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Category: Cuisine
Slides: 30
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:17:51.876Z
Tags: cuisine, mexican

## Summary

Outside Mexico, Mexican food usually means Tex-Mex. Inside Mexico, the cuisine is one of the world's most regionally complex — UNESCO inscribed it as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2010, the first cuisine ever so recognised. Key sections include: Mexican Cuisine.; Opening The misunderstood cuisine.; Chapter I The pre-Columbian foundation.; Chapter II Corn — the bedrock.; Chapter III The chiles.; Chapter IV Mole.; Chapter V Oaxaca — the cradle.; Chapter VI Yucatán — the Maya kitchen.; Chapter VII Puebla — the colonial baroque.; Chapter VIII Veracruz and the Gulf coast..

## Slide Outline

1. Mexican Cuisine.
2. Opening The misunderstood cuisine.
3. Chapter I The pre-Columbian foundation.
4. Chapter II Corn — the bedrock.
5. Chapter III The chiles.
6. Chapter IV Mole.
7. Chapter V Oaxaca — the cradle.
8. Chapter VI Yucatán — the Maya kitchen.
9. Chapter VII Puebla — the colonial baroque.
10. Chapter VIII Veracruz and the Gulf coast.
11. Chapter IX Northern Mexico.
12. Chapter X Mexico City — the metropolis.
13. Chapter XI Diana Kennedy — the documentarian.
14. Chapter XII Pujol and the Olvera generation.
15. Chapter XIII The masa revival.
16. Chapter XIV The taco universe.
17. Chapter XV Mezcal and tequila.
18. Chapter XVI Salsas — the unsung work.
19. Chapter XVII Beans, rice, and the supporting cast.
20. Chapter XVIII Aguas frescas and atoles.
21. Chapter XIX Pan dulce — the bread tradition.
22. Chapter XX The sweet repertoire.
23. Chapter XXI Tex-Mex and the diaspora.
24. Chapter XXII The market system.
25. Chapter XXIII Twenty-five works.
26. Chapter XXIV Watch & read.
27. Chapter XXV If you want to start.
28. Chapter XXVI Why Mexican.
29. Chapter XXVII The next decade.
30. The end of the deck.

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