North America

Pyramids and Maize: Mexico’s Heartland and its Impact on Global Food Culture

Photography by Samantha Demangate Amongst the pyramids and ruins of Mexico’s heartland, is a culinary story that has taken on the world and changed it forever.   “How many degrees is this building tilting?” I asked the museum curator in Mexico City’s Palacio de la Autonomía de la UNAM museum. “A little, the city was built on a lake and now it’s sinking.” The lake she was talking about was Lake Texcoco, a vast body of…

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North America

The Other Little Tokyo and Where it’s Taking Mexico City

All photos by Samantha Demangate On a cool evening in November, my girlfriend and I set off on a food bender. We gorged our faces with deep bowls of piping hot ramen that had the richest katsuo and miso based broth, topped with a perfectly cured runny egg and Japanese mountain vegetables. Next up on our list was the Japanese market close by, where we loaded up on our favorite Japanese candies and even filled…

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