Highland Mayan Recipes

Highland Mayan cuisine preserves some of the oldest continuous culinary traditions in the Americas, practiced by K'iche', Kaqchikel, Mam, and other Maya communities in Guatemala's western highlands. Kak'ik (a ceremonial turkey soup with chiles), boxboles (corn dough wrapped in leaves), and subanik (a spiced meat tamale) are distinctive dishes. Cooking over open hearth fires, grinding corn on stone metates, and using wild herbs connect to pre-Columbian foodways.