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Mexican Revolution Museum Reopens with Ode to Corn Exhibit
PULSE NEWS MEXICO After a two-month closure for remodeling, Mexico’s National Museum of the Revolution is due to reopen its doors on Wednesday, Sept. 14, with a powerful painting exhibit by artist Santiago Robles dedicated to the nation’s most important basic food item, maize. The “Ode to Corn” exhibit, also titled “The Chauhistle (the Nahuatl word for maize) Has Fallen,”
Read moreThe Man Who Changed the Global Image of Mexican Cookery
PUBLIFIX His name is synonymous with Mexican cuisine around the world, and he is among the local culinary community for having elevated the country’s street-food image to the fine dining spectrum. But what makes Enrique Olvera unique among Mexico’s top chefs is the fact that he does not focus on molecular gastronomy or fancy over-the-top plating techniques. Instead, Olvera has
Read moreMexico Looking to Reduce Yellow Corn Imports as Prices Soar
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader) Secretary Víctor Villalobos said Friday, March 18, that if the country’s production of yellow corn increases by at least 8 million tons, Mexico will be able to declare itself self-sufficient and stop importing by the end of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) six-year term in 2024. “We
Read moreMexico Far from Self-Sufficent in Corn Production
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Despite repeated promises by the administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) that the country will be self-sufficient in the production of corn — Mexico’s main grain — by the end of his six-year term, halfway through his sexenio, the nation continues to import more than a third of its maize demands.
Read moreIn Praise of Maize
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Corn, or maize, has been a key element in the Mexican diet since pre-Columbian times, and even today it is the core grain in most traditional Mexican recipes. First domesticated by indigenous people in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago, maize also played a key role in pre-Hispanic pantheon of deities, with the maize god, Hun Hunahpu,
Read moreFinally, AMLO Is Now President of Mexico
By RICARDO CASTILLO The change over of presidents in Mexico is always a formal event, and this time was no exception, except for the fact that the style of doing things has changed. Some, if not all, of the stiff formality of yesteryear was absent in the proceedings that took place on Saturday, Dec. 1. The real change of administrations
Read moreFirst Organic Baked Tortillas, Corn Chips Introduced in Mexico
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Although maize has been the basic food staple in Mexico since pre-Columbian times, nearly 55 percent of the 43 million tons of corn consumed nationally each year are, in fact, imported. Much of the corn comes from the United States, but Brazil and Argentina are also contributors, and there is a lot of concern nationally as to
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