Potato and fava bean patties with costeño chile sauce: Tortitas de papas y habas con salsa de chile costeño
The potato tortitas, or "patties" sold inside some of Oaxaca's markets are superb — light on the inside, with a crunchy golden crust. This variation is typical of the region from Ocotlan south to the...
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Oaxacan yellow mole: Amarillo
Called simply (and fondly) "amarillo," this Oaxacan mole dish is a specialty of the Central Valleys region of this southern Mexico state. Although usually made with chicken, it is one of the few mol...
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Ecotourism in Mexico: Arroyo Guacamaya, Ixtlan and the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca
Arroyo Guacamaya is one of the closest ecotourism sites to the City of Oaxaca, accessible by private vehicle in about an hour, or via public transportation. La Guacamaya has most if not all of the fea...
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Medical and dental treatment and coverage in Oaxaca
The Oaxaca Lending Library and Community Center
Children's cooking classes at Mexico's Casa de los Sabores in Oaxaca
What better way to begin a series of children's cooking classes than with pizza and mango smoothies? Chef Pilar Cabrera's Casa de los Sabores began their inaugural class with the basics of kitchen safe...
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Silver, saints, and sinners™: Semana Santa in Taxco, Mexico
The City of Silver
If you have heard of the picturesque, old colonial Mexican town of Taxco at all, you probably associate it with that precious metal so characteristic of Mexico – silver. If you...
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Looms, weavers and the sacred snail on Mexico's Costa Chica
"Don Luis, aquí. Aquí, Don Luis," yelled a group of white-shirted men.
They were calling for passengers in the camionera central in Pinotepa Nacional near the border of Oaxaca and Guerrero. We had d...
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A Oaxaca culinary ambassador: an interview with Chef Pilar Cabrera
Oaxaca salad by Pilar Cabrera: Ensalada Oaxaca por Pilar Cabrera
Pilar Cabrera, chef, cooking instructor and, most recently, participant in Iron Chef Canada, shares this recipe with Mexconnect readers.
Ingredients
250 grams (about ½ pound) of organic lettuc...
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Tamarind Chipotle Dressing by Pilar Cabrera: Aderezo de tamarindo y chipotle por Pilar Cabrera
Pilar Cabrara created this dressing was designed for her exclusive Oaxaca Salad.
Ingredients
100 ml (about 3 fluid ounces) adobo sauce (from a can of chipotles in adobo)
250 ml (about 8 fl...
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Reynaldo in Mexico has handwoven Oaxaca rugs and more rugs
Tattoo artists in Oaxaca: a lawyer and a fine arts graduate make strange bedfellows with tatuadores
Lawyer Kaireddyn ("Kai") Orta began fabricating his own, rudimentary tools for making tattoos in 1996, while still in high school here in Oaxaca, Mexico. One day, a neighbor saw him carrying a shoe box, and asked him what was in it. Kai showed him the adapted motor, needles, ink and other paraphernalia. The neighbor was the recipient of Kai's first tattoo. Kai then began doing tattoos for his schoolmates.
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The state of Oaxaca, Mexico - resource page
Located in the southern part of Mexico, the state of Oaxaca is bordered to the north by the states of Puebla and Veracruz, to the east by Chiapas, to the west by Guerrero, and to the south by the Pacif...
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CORAL: Non-profit center in Oaxaca assists hearing impaired Mexican children
When the Cole-Gardner family recently vacationed in Oaxaca, Mexico, they brought along several basketballs, soccer balls and baseball gloves, to donate to indigenous children without ready access to su...
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Cooking in Puerto Escondido: Fish and fruit from Mexico's tropics
Women potters of San Marcos Tlapazola, Oaxaca
Every Sunday Gloria awakens at 3:00 a.m., and begins preparing tejate, a frothy, tasty corn and cacao based drink, which she will offer for sale in the Tlacolula market. A couple of hours later, her si...
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Mexico's Black heritage: the Costa Chica of Guerrero and Oaxaca
Guelaguetza
Monday, July 26, 2010, the colorful pageantry of Mexico's Guelaguetza is reenacted once again during the Lunes del Cerro (Mondays on the Hill. A Zapotec word signifying offering or offertory, Guelaguetza was the term used to describe the Oaxaca ceremony and celebration held each year to propitiate the gods in return for sufficient rain and a bountiful harvest. Today it is one of the most colorful fiestas in Mexico.
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Temples of the Mist: Mayan 6th Sun
Uncle Aiden, Aunt Bette, Caleana and her brother fly back to identify the body of their father, and while there Aunt Bette takes the children to the Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza. Aunt Bette places in Caleana's hand "a beautiful amulet of green jade and crystals around a circle. In the middle of the circle was an ancient Mayan woman with a serpent on her head, and jaguar ears and claws." It had been found at the crash site and it was believed to be Caleana's mother's. read more