By Alvin Starkman, M.A., J.D.for The Eye Magazine Every month I receive emails asking where to source E small batch, traditionally made, high quality mezcal in Huatulco or Puerto Escondido.…
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Karime López has become Mexico’s first woman chef to be awarded a Michelin star. Head chef at the restaurant Gucci Osteria in Florence, Italy, owned by famous Italian restaurateur Massimo…
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Oaxaca is the slow food destination of choice. From elaborate moles to “simple” barbeques, this state leads the rest in variety of local ingredients and diversity of dishes. Here…
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By Brooke Gazer for The Eye Magazine Personally, I can’t imagine a world without chocolate, but before Cortez conquered Mexico it did not exist in Europe. In fact, it was…
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For the first time ever Mexico was one of the top 10 medal-winning nations at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, an international wine contest also known as the United Nations…
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In laboratory tests, Jamaica “hibiscus” water killed twice as many bacteria as chlorine and up to five times more than commercial disinfectant. The scientist of the Autonomous University of the…
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By Julie Etra for The Eye Magazine Mexico is first in the world for avocado production. It is hugely important to the Mexican economy. Its production represents 45.95% of the…
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Second only to dark chocolaty mole negro, tlayudas are without a doubt the principal, uniquely Oaxacan, culinary seduction, renowned throughout Mexico. While eaten virtually any time of day or…
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“That’s the entrance,” said my taxi driver, pointing at a cement drainage ditch that sloped downward into the sub-tropical jungle. “That’s the entrance?” I asked and he nodded and started…
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Pineapples are a great and inexpensive fruit to buy along the Oaxaca coast. You can purchase one pineapple in the market for only $20 pesos…that’s only $1.30 in Canada! Pineapples…
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