Moctezuma's table
Subtitle: Rolando Briseño's Mexican and Chicano tablescapes
By: edited by Norma E. Cantú.
Contributors: Briseño, Rolando, 1952-; Cantú, Norma Elia, 1947-
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Rio Grande/Río Bravo: borderlands culture and traditions -- no. 17; Rio Grande/Río Bravo -- no. 17.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781603441834
Subjects: Briseño, Rolando, -- 1952- -- Criticism and interpretation; Briseño, Rolando, -- 1952- -- Exhibitions; Food in art; Food -- Symbolic aspects -- Mexico; Food -- Social aspects -- Mexico; Power (Social sciences) in art; Mexicans -- Food; Mexican Americans -- Food
Notes: Briseño's exhibit, La mesa de Moctezuma/Moctezumas's table, was held at the Instituto Cultural Mexicano, San Antonio, and later at the Instituto de Mexico, Montreal, Canada.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword, "The table of Baroque feelings/senses" / by Wilfrido Ávila García; title: Artist's statement / by Rolando Briseño; title: pt. 1. Botana/cocktail snack, antojitos/hors d'oeuvres, and an entremés/appetizer; title: How we got our buenos fideos / John Phillip Santos; title: Moctezuma's table and its many readings: meal as art, art as meal / Graciela Kartofel; title: Moctezuma's first dinner / Timothy J. Knab; title: pt. 2. Sopas aguadas y secas/soups; title: Feeding the soul / Daniel del Valle; title: Musings on Moctezuma's table / Isabel Rico; title: La mesa de Moctezuma y la memoria/Moctezuma's table and memory / Blanca Garduño Pulido; title: pt. 3. Platos fuertes/entrées; title: Of moles and maíz: rehistorization of Mexican and Chicano culture / Amalia Mesa-Bains; title: The use of Aztec, Maya, and American popular sources in the work of Rolando Briseno / Jacinto Quirarte; title: Indigenous heritage, culinary diaspora, and globalization in Rolando Briseño's Moctezuma's table / Rubén C. Córdova; title: The globalized table / Kaytie Johnson; title: pt. 4. Frijoles/beans, side dishes; title: Nopales, amor y corazón: legacies of food through love / Josie Méndez-Negrete; title: El pleito / Sandra Cisneros; title: pt. 5. Postres/desserts; title: Precious vessels: recipes old and new for chocolate and all other earthly and celestial delights / Frances Treviño; title: Briseño / Roberto Santibañez; title: Epilogue: Rolando Briseño: an artist's life.