Chilies, chocolate, and race in New Spain: glancing backward to Spain or looking forward to Mexico?

Authors :: Pilcher, Jeffrey M.
Source :: Eighteenth Century Life. May, 1999, Vol. 23 Issue 2, p59, 12 p.
Publication Year :: 1999
Abstract: Creation of mestizo cuisine, such as the national dish 'mole poblano,' in 18th-century Mexico is discussed. An interpretation of mole as a dish deriving from the earlier elite cooking of peninsular Spain is presented.

Subjects :: New Spain -- Food and nutrition
Cookery, Mexican -- History
Creoles -- Food and nutrition
History

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