Mexico City

This spicy chocolate sauce made of over 20 ingredients is believed to have a divine origin

With las posadas, los pastorales, and other seasonal fun, Mexican Christmas is so much more than food and presents

Concerts, lectures, day-long Puebla street parties, and a fearless Mexican army in their finest military uniforms highlight the festival

This exotic fruit is eaten whole along with the skin and seeds, and its specific piquant flavour makes for refreshing fruit drinks and cocktails

This watery and moderately sweet fruit is refreshing by itself and is a great ingredient for desserts

A midnight cry for freedom, day-long reenactments, and at last the independence declaration—Mexico literally lives it over again and again

Good looking, nice tasting, easily peeled, and long-lasting in the sun—rambutans deserve the highest praise!

The affordable price and abundance allow you to eat as many of these sweet fruits as you want. Also, try mango-based drinks, desserts, and salsas!

You might have heard some cacti yield edible fruit, but have you ever tried grilled cactus leaves?

This fine name stands for dark-coloured fungus growing on corn, and added to many Mexican foods when in season

Mexico remains one of few countries where this traditional entertainment is still legal, but it feels like it's to be banned soon

A lime complements every dish and beverage available in traditional Mexican menus, the only exception is coffee

Slices of the sweet bread include baby figurines. If you get one, consider yourself lucky!

Insect invasion doesn't pose a threat to Mexico, as long as crispy grasshoppers are actually a local favourite snack

Painted faces in colorful Mexican clothes reunite with their dead loved ones through cemetery celebrations

Masked fighters seem to beat each other to death, while bloodthirsty spectators enjoy the action with a pint of beer

Enjoy red juicy pomegranate seeds alone, or topped over chiles en nogata

The festival provides another occasion for flamboyant public parades and scholarly debates about Mexican roots

An unusual place to celebrate the Irish National Holiday

A boutique festival settled in the jungle near a turquoise river

The enchanted forest, not far from Mexico City, is taken over by fireflies

Dive into the world of comics, fantasy, and games at the comic con in Mexico City

The most important aeronautics fair in Central America