How this guide is preserving Maya culture through food. In the wilderness of southern Belize, one man is on a mission to conserve and commemorate the ancient Maya way of life, including its ...

Many Maya foods are still prepared and eaten today. Back to top. What was the most common food? Ancient Maya diet was mostly maize, squash, beans (the ‘Three Sisters,’) and chili peppers.

My Mayan culinary odyssey is going well as I head to Bacalar, the next destination. It is late afternoon by the time I check into Casa Hormiga Hotel, a 2024 Michelin Guide hotel.

Large variation in availability of Maya food plant sources during ancient droughts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021; 119 (1): e2115657118 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2115657118; ...

Antigua has always taken its produce seriously. Some of the world’s best coffee thrives in plantations just outside the city. I reach Finca Filadelfia via a 15-minute Unimog shuttle from downtown.

Unable to find a master list of indigenous Maya food plants, Fedick recently compiled and published one that draws on decades of Maya plant knowledge.

Small Mayan saltworks could have supplied thousands, preserved food Maya trade routes may have carried tons of salt and dried fish, study suggests. Kiona N. Smith – Oct 9, 2018 4:17 pm | 8 ...