Upon moving to the U.S. in 1987, he worked in various local restaurants before starting a food truck; later opening his first brick-and-mortar space, Mayan Gypsy; and eventually creating Mayan ...

A project in southern Mexico promotes land ownership and local food production.

Dogs and turkeys may have been domesticated. The Maya were the first people to grow the cocoa plant for food. Cocoa was a gift from the gods. The Mayan word theobroma means food of the gods.

Correa is determined to share Maya cuisine with the Peninsula and sees his style of cooking as an essential evolution to educate people about an overlooked culinary tradition. He does not consider his ...