Puerto Rican pasteles. Over time Dominicans changed the name to pasteles de hoja and have their own filling and way on seasoning the masa that makes it...

chilhuacles, chilcostles, chile anchos and costeños. Epazote, pitiona and hoja santa are favored herbs in Oaxacan cooking. The last is indispensable for...

el recital de Otoño, otorgado por la ciudad de San Pedro Sula, Honduras. La Hoja de Laurel, otorgada por el Presidente de la república de Honduras. Premio...

chicharrón, yuca, casabe, pastelitos (empanadas), batata, ñame, pasteles en hoja, chimichurris, and tostones. Some treats Dominicans enjoy are arroz con leche...

with fried bananas. Seafood dishes are also prominent based mostly on fish and shrimp. A common ingredient in dishes is a herb called "hoja santa" or "hierba...

frita and pasteles), comfited (rapadura and ticholos de banana), and sometimes baked (rosca de chicharrones), a new modern style. Bushmeat comes from...

Amazonas, Brazil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 103: 409-411. Morales-Hojas, Ramiro et al. 2001. Characterization of Nuclear Ribosomal DNA Sequences...

Apple mint - Mentha suaveolens and Mentha × rotundifolia Banana mint - Mentha arvensis 'Banana' Bowles mint - Mentha villosa and Mentha × villosa 'Alopecuroides'...

Like in Oaxaca, tamales are usually wrapped in banana leaves (or sometimes with the leaves of hoja santa), but often chipilín is incorporated into the...

Chiapas’s main herbs of chipilín and hoja santa can be found in many of these. Most varieties are wrapped in banana leaves, but they can also be found wrapped...