Indigenous women in Mexico still make mole sauce using ancient tools like the metate grinding stone. We visit chef Evangelina Aquino Luis of Nana Vira in Oaxaca to see how she makes her chichilo ...

For the study, the experts examined manos and metates uncovered from many ancient sites in the Western U.S. A mano was a stone tool that ancestors used to grind and pulverize food items.

The mortar, pestle and cutting board in your kitchen are modern versions of manos and metates—ancient cooking implements found in archaeological sites around the world. A mano is a hand-held ...