At Aztec feasts guests were presented with food,
Florentine Codex,
late 16th century

At Aztec feasts guests were presented with flowers,
Florentine Codex,
late 16th century

At Aztec feasts guests were presented with cylindrical pipes full of tobacco,
Florentine Codex,
late 16th century

Aztec feast,
Florentine Codex,
late 16th century

• Aztec Cooking --World Hearth Circle of International Cooking
  
  
• Aztec cuisine -- Wikipedia
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    • Maya cuisine
    • Native American cuisine
    • Inca cuisine
    • Spanish cuisine
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• books
  
  
  • Atkinson, Sonja. The Aztec Way to Healthy Eating. 1992. NY: Paragon House.
    
    
  • Coe, Sophie D. America's First Cuisines. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1994.
    
    
• Cannibalism in pre-Columbian America -- Wikipedia
  
  
• chocolate
  
  
• domesticated plants of Mesoamerica -- Wikipedia
  
  
• Dunmire, William W. Gardens of New Spain: How Mediterranean Plants and Foods Changed America. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2004.
  
  
• A Hot Time in the Old Archaeological Dig Tonight Pacific Standard -- (21 November 2013)
  
  
• Maguey Worm: This protein-rich legacy of the Aztecs makes for a savory taco filling -- Atlas Obscura (n.d.)
  
  
• The market of Tlatelolco. Bernal Díaz del Castillo. The Conquest of New Spain (circa 1568) -- mexicocity.com
  
  
• Mexican Chocolate: A Short History & Recipe -- Jennifer Moncayo, thelatinkitchen (28 January 2013)
  
  
• Mexico’s ancient ‘caviar’ -- BBCtravel (11 September 2019)
  
  
• Morgan, Louis Henry. Montezuma's Dinner. The North American Review. Vol. 122, Issue 251, April 1876, pp. 265-308. [N.B. pp. 297-307]
  
  
• Native Americans tamed turkeys in 800 B.C. -- MSNBC (01 February 2010)
  
  
• Ortega, Oscar, AtelierOrtega, Jackson Hole, WY
  
  
• Pre-Conquest Aztec Cooking -- Jennifer Edwards Ring
  
  
• pulque
  
  
• Quintana, Patricia. Cuisine of the Water Gods: The Authentic eafood and vegetable Cookery of Mexico. NY: Simon and Schuster, 1984.
  
  
• Rain, Patricia. Vanilla: The Cultural History of the World's Favorite Flavor and Fragrance. London: Penguin, 2004.
  
  
• Staller, John, and Michael Carrasco. Pre-Columbian Foodways: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Food, Culture, and Markets in Ancient Mesoamerica. NY: Springer, 2009.
  
  
• Super, John C. Food, Conquest, and Colonization in Sixteenth-century Spanish America. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1988.
  
  

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a man threshing amaranth.
Florentine Codex,
late 16th century

Harvest of insect eggs and the tortillas from which they were made.
Florentine Codex,
late 16th century

Aztecs storing maize.
Florentine Codex,
late 16th century

An elderly Aztec woman drinking pulque
Codex Mendoza
mid 16th century

An Aztec woman blowing on maize before putting in the cooking put, so that it will not fear the fire.
Florentine Codex,
late 16th century