Food in Mexico City from the Mid-XIX century until the Republican Restoration of 1867

Abstract

The objective of this article is to offer a brief sketch of the food protagonists in the tables and pantries of Mexico City from the mid-nineteenth century until the moment when the republican government completed the actions of defense and recovery of the national territory in the year 1867. What was served at the tables or offered in the food and beverage trade, was a faithful reflection of the economic atmosphere of the year 1867, in a nation worn down by war and invasion. However, the culinary customs brought by the French to the service of the Second Empire had already been adopted by many, in an effort to be fashionable. Decades after the invaders had left Mexican territory, French gastronomy, in the middle of Porfiriato, reigned among the wealthy Mexican classes. In addition to pertinent bibliographic sources, periodical magazines and cookbooks were used.