In addition to cooking with cactus, there are new food products using the prickly plant, too, like Vanessa Hudgens’s new cactus water. Saldivar began offering cactus products in 2019 at Tia Lupita.

My fondness for nopales - the paddlelike leaves of the prickly pear cactus - began early on. I spent a lot of time at my family's historic home at Rancho Los Tularcitos in Milpitas, where a cactus ...

The nopal cactus is native to Mexico and the southwestern U.S. Nopales are deeply ingrained in Mexican culture and cuisine, with over 100 varieties cultivated throughout the central regions and ...

Once completed, Garcia tossed it into a burlap sack and continued. It was just 03:00 and she had only three more hours until the truck arrived at her family's small ranch to collect her precious ...

Cactus pads and cactus fruit have long been tied to indigenous cultures all across Mexico, with people using them as food as far back as 9,000 to 12,000 years ago.

How to Eat Nopales, the Nutritious Cactus Paddles You Can Enjoy Raw or Cooked A staple vegetable throughout Mexico, these spiky pads have a unique texture and flavor—and limitless culinary ...