The guide to the heart of Mexico City
and the Centenary of Independence Por Oscar Quiroz On September 22, 1910, a solemn ceremony was held to inaugurate the National University, which was highly relevant for its severe greatness and high moral significance; and the newly created institution, which, among other purposes, was expected to seek the uniformity and independence of higher education, was …
By Martha Palma When walking through the towns and cities, forests or jungles, coasts and deserts of Mexico, colors and flavors are perceived that make us feel it on the skin. The colorful and detailed artisan work and the delicious and varied flavor of foods, fruits and sweets of the regions of the country are …
By Oscar Quiroz In the second letter of relationship that Hernán Cortés writes to tell what happened in the new lands; he describes the market with a square so large that it was twice of Seville’s. On this site he mentions the colors about the following: “There are many ways to sell cotton yarn, of …
Tenacious, creative and restless chef By Todito Centro Aaron Olivo, 29 YO, proudly born in Saltillo, capital of the state of Coahuila. He is fond of listening to music and walking a lot through Mexico City, he likes to cook and, much more, eat. He is a graduate of the Gastronomic Institute of Coahuila and, …
By Todito Centro Mexico, with its cactus and serpent; flowering and spiny Mexico, dry and hurricane, violent drawing and color, violent eruption and creation, covered me with its spell and its surprising light. I went through it for years from market to market. Because Mexico is in the markets, It’s not in the guttural songs …
By Oscar Quiroz All species of the genus Capsicum are native to America. The pre-Columbian distribution of this genus probably extended from the southernmost edge of the United States to the warm temperate zone of southern South America. Regarding its origin, one of the most accepted hypotheses suggests that an important portion of the genus …
By Martha Palma Cacao The cacao fruit of tropical origin, today is considered a superfood for all the benefits it brings to health; Above all, if it is consumed raw because it concentrates a greater amount of antioxidants, it is said that it is 14 times better than red wine and 21 times more than …
By Oscar Quiroz The Spaniards granted various attributes to the cocoa, such as that of aphrodisiac, palliative that helped to mitigate some pain, be a sinful drink and even help digestion created by excessive consumption of red meat, but who had the faculties to have this excellent drink? In Mexican society and other Mesoamerican peoples …
Writer, humanist and coffee grower Por Todito Centro Mario Fernández Sánchez, was born in Coatepec, Veracruz 72 years ago. He has been a coffee grower since always, he represents the seventh generation of farmers in his family. He defines himself as foolish or stubborn –his wife says with a vision of the future– because he …
Cafeteria of the aristocracy By Óscar Quiroz For the nineteenth century, coffee shops were the place to discuss ideas, poetic clubs, centers of conspiracy. Luis González Obregón tells us that “Outside the Plaza Mayor, in the most central streets and even in the most distant ones, where the spacious walls of the convents did not …
