They have played an important role in the house since the 19th century, and even before then. Women are the ones who would bend on their knees to grind corn in order to make tortillas and feed their families.
By looking to the cultural history of food in Mexico and influences of gender, race, and class on types of food preferences and methods of preparation from pre-Columbian times to the present, Jeffrey Pilcher recognizes that there is a relationship that exists between cuisine and