There’s a seriousness and beauty to a food whose preparation begins with the need to dig a rather large hole. Though it might come as a surprise that throughout the global history of gastronomy, ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Inside El Pica 1 in Texcoco, Mexico, the original barbecue of the Americas is still being cooked low and slow inside of pit ovens. The restaurant's lamb barbacoa recipe ...

Cinco de Mayo isn't just tacos and tequila (though we certainly appreciate both). It's an opportunity to explore the deep, rich traditions of Mexican grilling and smoking techniques that deliver bold, ...

Six years ago, I watched an episode of "Chef’s Table" on Netflix that had me a little obsessed. It was about Cristina Martinez, and she made barbacoa tacos. A traditional Mexican dish, barbacoa is ...

In northern Mexican states such as Chihuahua and Sonora, some of which is now southern Texas and Arizona, cattle and ranching for centuries were an dominant economic driver for the region, giving ...