Episodes

13 episodes in this season

Eat, Drink and Be Merida

25 min

Fresh Chiles, Hot & Cool

25 min

Mysteries of the Deep

25 min

A Pig, a Pit, and a Plan

25 min

Savoring Citrus

25 min

Tropical Sweet Tooth

25 min

Rick & Jacques. Two Chefs at Playa

25 min

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Yesterday, Today & Tamales

25 min

Yucatan Snack-a-Thon

25 min

E10

Modern Mayan

25 min

E11

Paste Sensations

25 min

E12

Show Me the Honey

25 min

E13

Hacienda Renaissance

25 min

Mexico: One Plate at a Time

TV Series

200325m

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Yesterday, Today & Tamales

Season 5 · Episode 8 · Mar 2, 2007

Rick defies the old adage to never shop when your hungry—he always shops hungry, to provide a source for inspiration. In the Merida market, inspiration comes in the form of homemade tamales—made from fresh corn masa flavored and filled with achiote-seasoned chicken or pork and steamed in banana leaves. Those tamales tap into Mexico’s past which is present everywhere you travel. At Uxmal’s Pyramid of the Magician, Rick gives us a brief lesson on water and corn which brings him back to the Mayans and their pit-cooked tamales. To learn their secrets, we visit Silvio Campos’s home for a step-by-step class in muchipollo—rustic chicken and pork tamales baked in an earthen pit. Silvio serves the crusty-hot tamales to Rick with slivers of fresh habanero and ice cold beer. The aroma of the achiote motivates Rick to make Tamales Colados (Yucatecan Pudding Tamales) at home. Fresh chaya leaves in the Merida market inspire Rick to experiment with growing his own chaya in his urban garden.

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Mexico: One Plate at a Time

TV Series

200325m

Documentary

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Yesterday, Today & Tamales

Season 5 · Episode 8 · Mar 2, 2007

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