Mexican Food Made Simple - Episode 4

I had the pleasure of cooking with Abigail Mendoza, a cook as famous in New York and California amongst the foodie press, as in Mexico City. She lives in Oaxaca state in a town called Teotitlan del Valle and cooks pre-hispanic food with no help from any mechanical gadgets. All her recipes are made from scratch with corn and chillies ground on volcanic stone called metates and spices and herbs ground in the huge pestle and mortars, the molcajetes. Abigail is about half my height and has the naughtiest twinkle in her eye. Cooking with her was a real privilege as people come from all over the world to visit her. She is great fun and tells me much gossip about the surrounding area!