The modern version of jocón incorporates Maya techniques and ingredients, as well as Spanish components. By Christina Morales Seven years ago, just as Jorge Cárdenas was about to open Ix Restaurant in ...

Jocón, a Guatemalan stew, can be so green you’d imagine it had its own Pantone color. As with many Central American stews with Mayan origins, called recados, its body is thickened with ground seeds.

Like jade, once heralded as being more precious than gold, there are many riches remaining from the Mayan civilization in Guatemala. Among these cultural treasures found in this Central American ...