Mexican Dishes

A Taco is a corn tortilla that is folded over with a filling inside. Though Mexican restaurants outside Mexico offer Tacos as part of a sit-down meal, Tacos in Mexico are something that you eat out of hand on the go, like a sandwich. They are not really meant to be a sit down and…

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In Mexican cooking, Tamales are usually small appetizers (“antojitos”); in TexMex cooking, they are larger and part of a main course. Tamales are steamed dumplings wrapped in corn dough. Though we mostly know them by their Mexican name — Tamales — they are in fact made all throughout Latin America under different names (see Language…

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