Mexican Milpa Is the Ancient Way of Farming and Eating That Ensures a Delicious Future
"The resort's executive chef, Alan Carias, frames milpa expansively and emphasizes its cultural breadth: “Even for Mexicans it’s hard to understand what milpa is,” Carias says. “When we talk about milpa, we think it’s just maize — but milpa isn’t just what we grow. It also consists of meat, seafood, and fruit. It’s everything we eat, it’s the entire diet.” He links milpa to a larger ecosystem and cultural knowledge that is often underdocumented in formal culinary training." - Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu
