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The Mexican Canon

Five hundred and eighteen entries

Contents
I
Overview & Cultural Context
Why this cuisine is its own thing — roots, history, the living movement.
17 II
The Land & Sea
Terroir — geography, climate, what grows and swims here.
11 III
The Pantry
The defining ingredients, named to species.
61 IV
The Method
The foundational techniques the cuisine is built on.
57 V
The Canonical Dishes
The dishes a serious practitioner is expected to know.
277 VI
The Beverage Tradition
Wines, spirits, ferments, tea and coffee, ceremonial drinks.
32 VII
The Table & Service
How the food is served and eaten — the order, the rituals, the hospitality.
28 VIII
The Thread
Where this book connects to others — migration, trade, diaspora.
16 IX
The Lineage & Authorities
The masters, the literature, the sources an entry is anchored to.
12 X
The Network
The producers and purveyors who carry the real ingredients.
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Mexican · VI The Beverage Tradition

Mexican Beverages

Twenty-two entries

This chapter holds the cacao preparation methods of the traditional Oaxacan stone-grinding practice.

Aguas FrescasAtole and ChampurradoBalché and XtabentúnBeer and WineBlanco to Extra AñejoCharanda, Comiteco, PoxCoffee and Café de OllaMezcal: the Three CategoriesMolinillo and ChocolateraPalenque, Pit and TahonaPinolePozolPre-Hispanic ChocolatePulque: Aguamiel to TinacalRaicilla, Bacanora, SotolTascalate, Chilate, Bu'puTejateTepache and ColoncheTequila and its LawTesgüino and TejuinoThe Mezcal AgavesTuba
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Mexican · VI The Beverage Tradition

Mexican Beverages

‹ VI The Beverage Tradition

22 entries
Aguas FrescasAtole and ChampurradoBalché and XtabentúnBeer and WineBlanco to Extra AñejoCharanda, Comiteco, PoxCoffee and Café de OllaMezcal: the Three CategoriesMolinillo and ChocolateraPalenque, Pit and TahonaPinolePozolPre-Hispanic ChocolatePulque: Aguamiel to TinacalRaicilla, Bacanora, SotolTascalate, Chilate, Bu'puTejateTepache and ColoncheTequila and its LawTesgüino and TejuinoThe Mezcal AgavesTuba

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