Category: Mexico
Mexican food has been a part of the cookery of the American Southwest since all of that area, including California, was settled by Spanish-Mexicans long before the Anglos arrived. …
The burrito is usually a soft tortilla (not fried) filled with beans, meat, or cheese or combinations of the three. Mexican meal service varies considerably from that north of …
Some Mexican dishes are not popular with tourists: menudo, tripe soup, is an example. In the typical Mexican restaurant, the hacienda-style building with colorful tiled fountains and bars, lots …
Unfortunately, Mexican food, with all the variety and flavor, is also the source of most*’ of the tourista, the intestinal upsets, that half or more North Americans experience while …
Air transport to and within Mexico is well developed. Major airports are at Acapulco, Mexico City, Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara in the Central region; La Paz, Mazatlan, and Tijuana …
THE SOCIAL SYSTEM Knowing a little about Mexico’s social system makes the people more understandable. Mexico has a highly stratified class system: the Indian peasant at the bottom; a …
Most Mexicans live in the highlands because the high elevation offers a good climate. Since pre-Columbian times, the population of tropical Mexico has been concentrated at elevations above three-thousand …
The country ‘s sixteen-hundred-mile boundary with the United States meanders along the Rio Grande River from the Gulf of Mexico west to El Paso, Texas, continuing along the state …