to frida kahlo and diego rivera, that are really big, um... well known... mexican artists, you know. many mexicans that are really into the old traditions likes to have one of them, because they feel like... like they are close... close of the... >> closer to their culture and to...yeah. >> and some cultures. >> well, it was great to meet you, gabriel. thank you. and it was great to meet your lovely, unique dogs. >> great to meet you, too. >> mexican cuisine also owes a lot to its pre-hispanic period as you can see wandering around mexico city's food markets. the spanish found many foods here, among them chiles, tomatoes, and pineapples. they sell lots of different types of xx here, which are quite special because they're made from spices and chocolate. now, chocolate is very special to mexico because the cocoa beans originated from here. now, the ancient aztecs actually used to use cocoa beans as currency. and what they would do, they would open the cocoa beans, take the cocoa out, and fill it with mud and pretend it was money. [men singing in spanish] the