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A traditional wrapped food from Mexico consisting of a tortilla flatbread that is filled with meat, cheese, vegetables, refried beans, and salsa.

Mixtures of various spices, oils and flavored powders are combined to create an ingredient that can be added to foods to enhance the taste.

A spicy sauce that is placed on the ingredients that go into the folded tortilla. Taco sauce is available as either a red or green (verde) sauce.

A traditional food wrap from Mexico consisting of a tortilla flatbread that is filled with meat, cheese, vegetables, refried beans, and salsa.

A term used to reference a small version of a rolled taco or a little rolled taco. Typcially made with a variety of different ingredients, a taquito consists of a small corn tortilla, that may be filled with cheese, ground meat, shredded meat, vegetables, or other similar foods, which is then rolled into a long narrow log shape.

A round pan with scalloped edges that is used to form a soft tortilla into a tortilla shell to make taco salads, creative desserts or similar recipes.

A Mexican meat dish that is made with pork and sausage, slowly cooked in a spicy chile sauce and then served in a traditional food wrap such as a tostada, a tortilla or a taco shell.

Used mainly as an ingredient in sauces, this variety of soup is thick in consistency and rich in flavor.

One of the naturally occurring chemicals that are produced in food as it is cooked or baked. Typically, foods with higher levels of starch, such as potatoes or products made from potatoes, produce Acrylamide when they are fried, due to the temperatures reached during the cooking process.

A traditional Mexican food dish that is served as both a main dish and as a filling for various food wraps.

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 food topping that is made from pork meat and produced as small chips, pieces, or granular bits of bacon.

A fresh Mexican cheese, made from cow, sheep or goat's milk, that has a soft, crumbly texture. White in color, this cheese has a slightly salty, yet mild smooth flavor with a somewhat acidic aftertaste.

A firm, aged Mexican cheese traditionally made from skimmed goat's milk but most often available made from skimmed cow's milk.

A spice blend consisting of one or two types of dried red chiles that are ground and pulverized into a fine powder.