Culinary traditions: San Felipe, Guanajuato within the gastronomic mosaic of the Americas

Abstract

In Mexico, culinary heritage has experienced significant growth, highlighting the richness of its cuisine. At the same time, it allows for recognition of places that maintain a unique food culture and now seek to have a broader social reach. San Felipe’s gastronomy, that is, the range of dishes and culinary traditions of the area, responds to the geographical characteristics of its surroundings. This area has a dry climate where cactus-type plants thrive and all natural resources, both plant and animal, available to its inhabitants are utilized. This text presents typical dishes from San Felipe, Guanajuato, that demonstrate the remarkable utilization of the region’s native foods, its unique way of preparing them, and shows that food can also reveal much about the history of a place, in addition to supporting economic growth in other areas of opportunity, such as tourism.