Culinary traditions, endemic resources, San Juan del Río, Querétaro

Local gastronomy is little known, and it’s not highlighted despite its potential. This research addresses local gastronomy s lack of visibility, which has not been neither properly documented nor promoted. The aim: to get to know some of the culinary customs of San Juan del Río, Qro. Through the identification of representative dishes and contributing to their preservation and recognition. The research topics are theoretically analyzed, exploratory and descriptive research is used, with a qualitative approach, deductive hypothetic method, with tools of observation and directed interview. Findings: a great variety of dishes which could give an identity to the municipality do exist, which are elaborated with endemic products from the region and are consumed in accordance to their seasonal availability; other are produced for cultural, patronal or family festivities; even though the traditional ways of producing them have been lost, some are preserved and therefore made explicit, enriching this research.