Nopales are a staple ingredient of Mexican cooking, yet the cactus pads ... add a pleasingly smoky and tart dimension to a familiar dish.

Being the versatile vegetables that they are, nopales are used in a wide array of Mexican and Southwestern dishes. One of the ...

Authorities in northern Mexico on Wednesday found about 70 pounds of fentanyl hidden inside boxes of sliced cactus, a quintessential Mexican food staple known as nopales. Mexican law enforcement ...