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A written procedure for the preparation of a food item or items. Recipes typically include a list of ingredients and a set of instructions on the necessary steps to prepare the foods being described.

Built in a variety of different designs, holders for books or pages of recipes offer valuable kitchen assistance to those using printed instructions when preparing foods.

A white or pale yellow colored, mild tasting Mexican cheese, which is excellent for melting when baking or grilling.

A Mexican fried pastry originating in regions of northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S. Sopapilla, which is considered to be a quick bread in some recipes and a pastry in others, is deep fried to create a puffed up, crispy outer texture that is airy and open on the inside.

A Mexican cheese originating in the Oaxaca region of Mexico that is made from cow's milk. It is a good melting cheese that retains its shape becoming soft and stringy when baked, roasted or grilled.

A spice consisting of coarsely ground flakes of dried red chiles. The seeds are also ground with the chiles.

A mild flavored Mexican cheese, which is white in color and is very soft and crumbly in texture. When heated, it becomes soft and creamy but retains its shape and will not become runny.

A common beverage native to Mexican regions that is served hot or at room temperature. It is made with corn starch or corn dough (masa de maiz), mixed with water and/or milk and sweetened with honey or sugar.

One of the traditional Mexican Mole sauces that is served as a condiment or marinade sauce for poultry, seafood, pork, and vegetable dishes.

A chocolate powder produced from cocoa beans that have been roasted, husked, and processed to remove the fat, wihch is the cocoa butter contained in the bean.

A hybrid of corn that grows into large kernels for use in making snacks and various corn dishes. Common in Mexican cooking, Giant White Corn is referred to as Maiz Mote Pelado for Spanish foods or Hominy for southern U.

Dry corn dough used to make corn tortillas. In Spanish, masa means ''dough'', which in Mexico can be translated to mean ''corn dough'', an essential ingredient in Mexican cooking.

A type of dry onion that has a pure white skin and a sweet, mild flesh that is also white in color. This onion is widely used in Mexican foods, complementing the flavors of other ingredients.

A plant native to Mexico, growing low to the ground and bearing small tomatoes encased in papery husks that range in size from 1 to 2 inches in diameter.

A condiment that can be made from any one of many different chile peppers, depending on the desired intensity and flavor.

An old-fashioned tan-colored confection made with brown sugar, milk, butter, and vanilla. The ingredients are cooked in a saucepan and are stirred constantly until heated to the soft ball stage.

A tropical fruit, oval in shape, which has a very juicy, sweet flavored, orange flesh. The skin of the mango is yellowish with an orange tinge when ripe.

A small green citrus fruit providing juice or peels that are added to food dishes to provide a tart taste as an ingredient.