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corn tortillas • homemade chorizo (about 300 grams) • small potatoes, peeled and grated • Vegetable oil, • toothpicks • Your favorite salsa (I used habanero and habanero-pineapple salsa)

pork head • olive oil • garlic cloves • thyme • oregano • bay leaves • whole allspice berries • coarse salt • heaping tablespoon pork lard, softened • Street taco-size corn tortillas • Limes (cut into quarters) • ---- Green Salsa •

all-purpose flour (about 250 grams) • onion powder • garlic powder • salt • baking powder • black pepper • large egg • beer or 1 1/2 cups (about 350 ml) • raw shrimp, peeled and deveined (about 1/2 kg) • vegetable oil (about 355 ml) • Mayonnaise mixed with chipotle peppers, for serving • Shredded red or green cabbage, for serving •

bolillos (Mexican bread rolls), cut into thick slices and left to dry in the sun or air-dried • oil (1 liter) with 2 cinnamon sticks, 7 whole allspice berries, 5 black peppercorns or Tabasco peppercorns, and 3 whole cloves • Syrup: • piloncillo (about 1 kilogram) • apple juice (1 liter) • Zest of 1 orange • whole cloves, 5 black peppercorns, and 2 whole star anise • cinnamon sticks • pulque or light beer (1 liter) • For garnish: • pitted prunes • raisins •

poblano peppers • medium onion • small tomatoes • shredded Manchego cheese (about 200 grams) • Mexican crema (or sour cream) • oil • Black pepper, to taste • Salt, to taste

chicken breast • Roma tomatoes • garlic cloves • potato • zucchini • carrot • white onion • cilantro • thyme • epazote • bay leaf • oregano •

boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cleaned (ask your butcher for them this way—they really will prepare them for you) • frozen julienned mixed vegetables (any brand is fine) • corn • zucchini (the green kind) • onion • garlic powder, to taste • salt, to taste • tomato • flour tortillas • oil • cucumber with chili powder and lime (optional) • sour cream, to taste, for the tacos

all-purpose flour (1 kg) • yeast • unsalted butter (about 8 oz/226 grams total) • milk (about 8.5 fl oz/250 ml each, 17 fl oz/500 ml total) • sugar (about 250 grams) • cinnamon sticks • eggs • large bowl • corn oil (about 500 ml) • skillet • Tongs

tomato, seeded and chopped • white onion, chopped • serrano pepper, seeded and finely chopped • cilantro, chopped • lime juice • ground black pepper • kosher salt • plus 1 tablespoon cooking oil, divided • white onion, chopped • garlic, finely chopped • rotisserie chicken, shredded • tomato, seeded and chopped •

poblano peppers • vegetable oil • jalapeño pepper • sliced white onion • finely chopped garlic • Mexican-style crema (about 15 oz. or 425 grams) • frozen corn kernels, thawed • ground black pepper • Corn tortillas for serving • kosher salt • shredded quesadilla cheese or Oaxaca cheese (about 200 grams)

tilapia (or as many as you like) • or more limes (at least 1 lime per fish) • Garlic, to taste • Onion powder, to taste • Salt, to taste • Pepper, to taste (optional) • vegetable oil (1-2 liters)

corn masa (for about 10 sopes) • Salt, to taste • Plastic bags (enough to fold in half for pressing) • griddle (comal) • Oil, • pork (without skin) • onion • Oaxaca cheese • grape tomatoes • sour cream (about 1/2 liter) • refried beans (about 500 grams) • Ground black pepper, to taste •

teleras or bolillo rolls, split lengthwise with the insides removed • refried beans (homemade or canned) • To taste: Pickled onions with: • lime juice • to taste salt • dried oregano • Sauce: • cooked tomatoes (about 1 kg) • small handful of dried Yahualica chiles • each of toasted cumin, black pepper, clove, and cinnamon • vinegar (240 ml) • garlic, peeled and roasted •

charcoal (about 1.5 kg) • Preferably a brazier (anafre) or a griddle (comal) • Tongs • or spatulas • (1 kg) • Salt, to taste • water (2 liters) • onion • garlic cloves • Epazote (Mexican herb) • tomatillos • dried morita chiles •

sugar (about 200 grams) • water • ground cinnamon, to taste • vegetable oil (about 1 liter) • all-purpose flour (about 1 kilogram)

rotisserie chicken breast • Enough corn tortillas • Enough oil for frying

fish (I used cod), cut into strips (500 g) • all-purpose flour (about 130 g) • paprika • ground black pepper • Salt, to taste • beer (180 ml) • large egg • Vegetable oil, as needed for frying • mayonnaise • chipotle peppers in adobo, finely chopped, or 2 tablespoons sriracha • small head green cabbage, thinly sliced • small red onion, thinly sliced •

nixtamalized corn (about 600 grams) • water (about 2.8 liters) • skinless chicken • water (about 1.9 liters) • onion • tomatillos • jalapeño peppers • water (about 475 ml) • cilantro • garlic • dried oregano • chicken bouillon powder •

skinless chicken • hominy (pozole corn) • dried chile de árbol peppers • water, divided (about 4 liters) • dried guajillo chiles • garlic • dried oregano • chicken bouillon powder

pork steak • guajillo chiles • pasilla chiles • onion • garlic cloves • whole black peppercorns • cloves • cumin • vinegar • Juice of 2 oranges • achiote • Salt to taste •

chicken breast • water • chicken bouillon • onion • Enchilada sauce: • guajillo chiles • arbol chiles • garlic • water • chicken bouillon • To prepare the chicken: • onion •

red jalapeño peppers • agave or maguey syrup • pulque • salt to taste • For the bean filling: • refried black beans • dry chorizo, well-fried, mixed • mashed plantains, mixed and used to fill with this puree • mashed potatoes • Picadillo made with beef or pork and vegetables, to taste • Ricotta with herbs or nuts, to taste • plastic bag to sweat the peppers •

whole red snappers, uncleaned or filleted • oil (250 ml) • banana leaves • limes • pico de gallo to taste • tomato and onion, sliced • salt and pepper