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Touring Mexico City’s Xochimilco with Ruth Alegria Jul 08, 2022

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Xochimilco is known for its 100-mile network of canals. A World Heritage Site, these canals are remnants of Mexico’s pre-Hispanic past in what used to be an extensive lake and canal system that connected settlements of the Valley of Mexico. Today, locals and tourists alike enjoy Xochimilco as a peaceful respite from the bustle of Mexico City, riding on colorful boats called trajineras around the canals and system of artificially-made islands called chinampas. The chinampas are now home to a number of farms growing organic produce. Here to guide us through the canals and take us on a farm tour are Ruth Alegria and Ricardo Rodriguez, CEO and General Director of De La Chinampa, an organization promoting organic farming and ecological restoration of Xochimilco.

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Cooking at Quintonil with Chef Jorge Vallejo Jul 07, 2022

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Chef Jorge Vallejo of Quintonil shows us a signature dish of sardine in a green sauce, with purslane, arbequina olive oil, cactus, oyales herbs, white onion, serrano, and cilantro oil.

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Mexico City’s Chef Jorge Vallejo of Quintonil Jul 06, 2022

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Chef Jorge Vallejo is chef-owner of Quintonil, which opened in 2012 and has since become a top dining destination in Mexico City, and landed him a spot on The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. Chef Vallejo worked at noma, and under Enrique Olvera at Pujol for three years. Chef Vallejo creates unique dishes that show his passion for sourcing local and ancient Mexican ingredients while using modern cooking techniques.

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Mexico City’s Chef Daniel Ovadia Jul 05, 2022

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Chef Daniel Ovadia is the young and ambitious owner of an empire of acclaimed restaurants. Inspired by his travels around Mexico, Chef Ovadia’s cuisine focuses on traditional recipes and native ingredients that he playfully transforms by creative culinary techniques. His menu shows his deeply rooted respect for perfection of traditional recipes and his ability to express his life and roots through food.

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Mexico City’s Chef Edgar Nuñez of Restaurant SUD777 Jul 04, 2022

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Chef Edgar Nuñez is pushing the boundaries of modern Mexican gastronomy at his restaurant Sud777, which is on the list for Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants. Sourcing much of his produce at Xochimilco, his creative menu celebrates seasonal and indigenous Mexican products.

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Restaurant Pujol with Enrique Olvera Jul 03, 2022

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A native of Mexico City, Enrique Olvera graduated from The Culinary Institute of America in 1997, and is the chef-owner of Pujol, Eno Petrarca, and Eno Virreyes, in Mexico City, Maíz de Mar in Playa del Carmen, and Cosme in New York City. Chef Olvera’s reinterpretation of Mexico’s popular recipes as well as his experimentation with contemporary and millennia-old culinary techniques, has brought him fame well beyond the nation’s borders. Pujol has steadily climbed Restaurant Magazine’s World’s 50 Best Restaurant list—a first for a Mexican restaurant with a Mexican chef—reaching number 16 in 2015. Chef Olvera’s culinary philosophy has been defined by his deep exploration of Mexico’s universe of ingredients, and gastronomic techniques and traditions.

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Restaurant El Bajío with Maria Teresa Ramirez Degollado Jul 02, 2022

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Next, we head to Restaurante El Bajío in northern Mexico City. Cármen Ramírez Degollado, known as “Titita,” has owned and operated El Bajío since 1972. With the help of family, including her daughter María Teresa Ramírez Degollado, she has opened 10 more El Bajío restaurants in Mexico City.

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Jose Ramon Castillo’s Que Bo Chocolates in Mexico City Jul 01, 2022

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For something sweet, we visit José Ramón Castillo, renowned chocolatier and owner of Qué Bo in Mexico City’s Polanco neighborhood. His chocolates are made using indigenous Mexican ingredients and flavors, with an emphasis on sourcing and strengthening the quality and supply of Mexican chocolate.

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Traditional Dishes at Mexico City’s Azul Histórico Jun 30, 2022

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Ruth Alegria and Sergio Remolina discuss the traditional dishes served at Chef Ricardo Muñoz Zurita’s Azul Histórico. We sample Molletes, Enchiladas with Black Oaxaca-style Mole, Memelitas, and Blue Corn Mushroom Quesadillas.

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Mexico City’s Birria El Paisa Jun 29, 2022

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Birria is hearty Mexican stew originating from the state of Jalisco. Here at Birria "El Paisa" in Mexico City, food guide Francisco de Santiago shows us how to how to tuck into a bowl of “birria de chiva” or goat birria.

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