How mole sauce is made with a tool as old as human civilization

Evangelina Aquino Luis is a chef in Oaxaca, Mexico, who makes special mole for families in mourning.
She grinds chiles, spices, and other ingredients with a traditional stone called a metate.
These ancient tools have become less popular in the household with the rise of modern-day blenders.

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 mole for funerals.

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