On Saturday is the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, popularly referred to and celebrated in the US as “Cinco de Mayo.” But events comprising the month-long celebration of the battle have ...

Mole poblano is a famous variation of the Mexican sauce that uses chocolate. (Garrett Ziegler/Flickr) Maricel Presilla (W.W. Norton) A Mexican holiday feast wouldn't be complete without mole, the ...

The aroma of toasted almonds and sesame seeds, chilies and spices emerges from this small Brooklyn store where about 1,600 pounds of mole poblano is made every day. Three generations of Mexican women ...

If you find yourself in Beverly Hills, Calif., you should head a couple of blocks south of Wilshire Boulevard to a restaurant called Frida for some mole poblano that is out of this world. Mole poblano ...

Inside the brilliantly hued Talavera-tiled kitchen, I was learning a seriously important "don't" of poblano cuisine. Don't inhale. At least not while leaning above chiles roasting over a stove's open ...

“This is a two-butt kitchen!” So my grandmother Elsie would say, shooing away the young’uns perpetually underfoot at mealtime. Her words came to mind more than a few times as I embarked, in my equally ...

If you find yourself in Beverly Hills, Calif., you should head a couple of blocks south of Wilshire Boulevard to a restaurant called Frida for some mole poblano that is out of this world. Mole poblano ...

The mole taco at Las Molenderas is a humble creation. Swaddled in a pale, handmade tortilla, the filling is a few spoonfuls of shredded chicken suspended in sauce the color of wet dirt, topped with ...