Meet 5 People Who Make Mexican Food What it Is

The faces of Mexico's food heroes

By Google Arts & Culture

Coffee offering (2019-06-14) by Gabriela Lavalle (photographer), Itzel Mendoza (floral artist), and Rafael Muñoz-Márquez (editor)Colectivo Rokunin

Mexico's culinary culture is a gift to the world. Scroll on to meet five people offering that gift by farming, cooking, and keeping traditions alive.

Beautiful happy girl (2020-07-03) by Moisés González (photographer), Alejandra Mendoza (editor), and Rafael Muñoz-Márquez (editor)Colectivo Rokunin

1. Mrs. Elpidia Hernández

Elpidia Hernández has lived for 80 years in the central zone of the state of Veracruz, and today keeps alive the tradition of cooking with the izote flower.

Beatriz AvendañoSecretaría de las Culturas y Artes de Oaxaca

2. Beatriz Avendaño

From tesmole to tamales: watch along to learn how to make this beefed up dish with cook Beatriz Avendaño.

Asunción CuyotepejiSecretaría de las Culturas y Artes de Oaxaca

3. Estela Mota Martínez

Here, you can see how to make traditional Easter 
Shrimp tortitas (pancakes).

Tres generaciones de panaderos 16 by Ana Carolina Díaz RodríguezCocina Cinco Fuegos

4. The Flores Family

Three generations and four decades of work have gone into the "Don Raúl" bakery in Puebla, keeping traditional and down-to-earth techniques of bread-making alive.

Click here to meet the Flores family and learn about their generational knowledge.

Doña Vero (2021) by Adrián de Ita, Alejandro RodríguezAlcaldía Cuauhtémoc

5. Doña Vero

One of the few restaurants in Mexico to offer Pre-Hispanic food alongside modern Mexican food, Doña Vero keeps the flame alive. Click here to learn more, or scroll on to watch the chefs in action.

Doña Vero (2021) by Adrián de Ita, Alejandro RodríguezAlcaldía Cuauhtémoc

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