Mexico City: Discover Mexican Produce that Impact the World

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At a local market, you will discover how Mexican foods like chocolate, tomato, avocado, chili, and others, made their way to peoples' tables in all continents.

Highlights

  • Discover the profound impact Mexican ingredients have had on global cuisine.
  • Sample dishes that showcase Mexican ingredients.
  • Learn the journey of ingredients from ancient civilizations to a global spread.

Description

At a great local market, you will discover and taste how Mexican foods like chocolate, tomato, avocado, corn, and many others, made their way to peoples' tables and supermarkets in all continents and will explore healthy exotic and local staples like nopal cacti, jicama, and guava while learning their properties. At the crossroads of town, turkey, peanuts, pumpkins, beans, and vanilla will be seen in their context before they left Mexico to conquer other palates. We will focus on foods native to Mexico and the region and how influential they are for nutrition like amaranth and nopal. We will see poultry, fruits, flowers, insects, vegetables and cereals, and learn how they have been, both ancestrally and modernly, prepared. The difference between drinks and distillates from the Agave family will be shown for your better enjoyment of Tequila, Mezcal, Pulque and more. You will meet chilis, learn their differences and how they have adapted to the American (Chili), Hungarian (Paprika), Philippine (Siling Labuyo), Spanish (Pimentón) and more cuisines.

Includes

The experience's specialized host and expert. Small group access. Introductory chat. Multiple stops. Entrance to open, private, or public, locations whose internal visit is mentioned and that might or not require reservations or tickets. Food samples and tastings at selected locations.

Important Information

  • You will learn how the Age of Exploration provided foods, produce, flowers, and ingredients which were only known locally around the planet. In all, we hope to empower your culinary creativity for impressing your guests by sharing the true roots of Mexican foods and ingredients and how they have made perfect matches around the world.

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