For all things foodie and taking advantage of Yucatan’s incredible gastronomic offer, we get you lots of information about restaurants, bars, taco stands, market food, interviews with chefs, and more.
Written by Stephanie Carmon Sabor a Yucatan: Promoting Yucatecan Gastronomy Virtual Classes with some of Yucatan’s Best Chefs As we all know if we live here in Yucatan or read about what is going on in this beautiful state, we have been hit hard by the pandemic crisis. Not only have many Yucatecan women, children […]
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Tierra de Cafe: Small Family Coffee Farmers from the Highland of Chiapas The rich & flavorful coffee of Tierra de Cafe Tierra de Cafe is a local coffee roaster company and coffee shop on Calle 62 x 45 and in Merida, Yucatan owned by husband and wife team from Chiapas Luis Andres and Hanny. They
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Written by Nik Jameson What do I do with those piles of delicious smelling spices at the market? What is that wonderful brown stuff they set out before a meal at a Yucatecan restaurant? How do I use all these new ingredients I keep seeing at the supermarket? Many have questions about local food and
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Written by Nik Jameson Today we are going to learn to cook with Yucatan’s famous red achiote paste and oddly bumpy but delicious bitter oranges. These are two ingredients a Yucatecan Kitchen could not survive without. I’ve learned they are not only delicious but two highly nutritious foods. Achiote – Axiote is one of the most
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Written by Stephanie Carmon “When you drink Katun on the rocks it’s like drinking water from the cenote.” A couple of months ago, I showed up at Merida’s newest speakeasy. Some friends and I were told to come check it out so we headed down Calle 53 to go try and find it. We came
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Written by Shelley Marmor Yucatán Social Enterprise Offers Educational Stingless Bee Honey Tastings With 20,000 species of bees, and honey a staple superfood on six of the Earth’s seven continents, “What is honey?” is a very interesting question — and one regular consumers likely don’t know the answer to. “We live in a world with so much access
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Written by Stephanie Carmon A few weeks ago I stumbled upon a small treasure right in the heart of Merida. I was called to come check out some of the specialty made products at Puras Cosas Buenas and what I found left me walking around with my mouth open…literally. Tucked into the Colonia Mexico is a holistic
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Written by Nik Jameson Next stop on the culinary tour of Yucatecan is to explore the local beans, squash, and chili peppers and try our hand at a tasty three-bean chili. First off you need to pass by the market and pick up some squash and peppers. They are everywhere, in all the grocery stores.
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Written by Nik Jameson Food in the Yucatan is dictated by generations of molcajetes salsas and layers of cultural influences. You can see the pan francés and layered butter dough-like pastry called holhadra brought by the French. There is the obviously, ubiquitous queso de bola that originates from Holland. Look a little closer and pastor, hummus, tabbouleh
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Written by Nik Jameson I feel like we have all had that dreaded moment, days into December and we are suddenly surprised with a gift exchange or remember the kid’s teacher or the piano instructor or even the nice neighbors. There are a hundred reasons we need a last minute gift and all of them
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