Welcome to the Cinco de Mayo Information and Recipes Page — Cinco de Mayo, literally the 'Fifth of May' in Spanish is a Mexican/American holiday that has evolved into a more generalized celebration of Mexican-American culture.

Cinco de Mayo (literally ‘the fifth of May’ in Spanish) and also called El Día de la Batalla de Puebla (the day of battle of Puebla) is a Mexican/American holiday commemorating Mexico's victory over the Second French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862, Mexican forces were led by General Ignacio Zaragoza. Zaragoza who died months after the battle from an illness. As is often the case in history, a larger French force ultimately defeated the Mexican army at the Second Battle of Puebla and then occupied Mexico City. Following the end of the American Civil War in 1865, the United States began lending money and guns to the Mexican Liberals, pushing France and Mexican Conservatives to the edge of defeat. This ultimately led to Napoleon III announcing at the opening of the French chambers in January 1866 that he would withdraw French troops from Mexico.

This page is a continuation of the list of Cinco de Mayo recipes held on the FabulousFusionFood site. If you are specifically looking for this site's brief information about Cinco de Mayo then please go back to the First Page of the Cinco de Mayo Recipes entry on this site.