EditorialRick Martinez dances to salsa music as he prepares an achiote paste for a red snapper. (Ren Fuller/The New York Times; Food Stylist: Laura Kinsey Dolph; Prop Stylist: Tamasin Reid)
EditorialLa Migaja Mexican Bakery, inside the Mi Rinconcito Mexicano restaurant on Calle Ochoas in Miami, Jan. 1, 2022. (James Jackman/The New York Times)
EditorialLa Migaja Mexican Bakery, inside the Mi Rinconcito Mexicano restaurant on Calle Ochoas in Miami, Jan. 1, 2022. (James Jackman/The New York Times)
EditorialVarieties of pan de muerto covered in sugar and sesame seeds and sugar skulls at La Migaja Mexican Bakery inside the Mi Rinconcito Mexicano restaurant in Miami, Fla., Oct. 28, 2021. (Alfonso Duran/The New York Times)
EditorialVarieties of pan de muerto covered in sugar and sesame seeds and sugar skulls at La Migaja Mexican Bakery inside the Mi Rinconcito Mexicano restaurant in Miami, Fla., Oct. 28, 2021. (Alfonso Duran/The New York Times)
EditorialVarieties of pan de muerto covered in sugar and sesame seeds and sugar skulls at La Migaja Mexican Bakery inside the Mi Rinconcito Mexicano restaurant in Miami, Fla., Oct. 28, 2021. (Alfonso Duran/The New York Times)
EditorialVarieties of pan de muerto covered in sugar and sesame seeds and sugar skulls at La Migaja Mexican Bakery inside the Mi Rinconcito Mexicano restaurant in Miami, Fla., Oct. 28, 2021. (Alfonso Duran/The New York Times)
EditorialJonathan Garcia, left, and Karlie Mestas, right, sit down for dinner at Maria's Bistro Mexicano in Brooklyn on Dec. 11, 2020. (Ryan Christopher Jones/The New York Times)
EditorialJonathan Garcia, left, and Karlie Mestas, right, sit down for dinner at Maria's Bistro Mexicano in Brooklyn on Dec. 11, 2020. (Ryan Christopher Jones/The New York Times)
EditorialPatrons dine at Rosa Mexicano, a Mexican restaurant with three locations in Manhattan which has seen its business plunge by as much as 60 percent, on Friday, March 13, 2020. (Brittainy Newman/The New York Times)