Aztec cuisine

The word "chocolate" originated from Mexico's Aztec cuisine, derived from the Nahuatl word xocolatl.

Guacamole, an avocado-based dip that was popular in Aztec cuisine as early as the 16th century, was brought back to Spain by the Conquistadors.

A chichi restaurant in Mexico City, Fonda Don Chon, specializes in Aztec cuisine, including a soup of black-ant larvae and fried grasshoppers.

Traditional and contemporary regional cuisines (including Maya Cuisine, Aztec cuisine, and Mexican cuisine) included, and still include, foods based on nixtamalized maize.

Aztec cuisine was the cuisine of the Aztec Empire and the Nahua peoples of the Valley of Mexico prior to European contact in 1519.

Founded in 1985 by Mexican immigrants Ramón and María Cardenas, the restaurant describes its menu of moles, chile verde and enchiladas as "pre-Hispanic food, imperial Aztec cuisine and Moctezuma's table."