Yucatan, a Culinary Expedition

Mérida La Blanca

Feast of the Spirits

FOOD AND DEATH SEEM LIKE SUCH UNLIKELY BEDFELLOWS. And yet Hanal Pixán, or “Feast of the Spirits”, poetically combines food and death in an ancient ritual in which ancestors are revered, and everyone – living and dead alike – gets plenty to eat.

A white spot in the jungle

THERE ARE MANY THEORIES about how Mérida got her nickname "La Blanca". One suggests a reference to the network of roads made of white limestone that once linked royal cities. And yes, the white clothing of the locals is one more theory for the provenance of "The White City."

PART THREE: South

PART FOUR: West

Yucatán:
A Culinary Expedition

PART ONE: North

Mérida

Mérida La Blanca
The Maya Market
Further Fusions

PART TWO: East

Valladolid & Motul

PART THREE: South

PART FOUR: West