Tag: Oaxacan Cuisine

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The Art of Oaxacan Cuisine with Mimi López

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Photography by Samantha Demangate Oaxaca, Mexico, is a land you can’t comprehend until you’ve been there. And even then, you can only scratch the surface. For outsiders, it’s a place hidden in time. Lost but not forgotten. Inaccessible yet close and connected. Life here revolves around a fusion of traditions and ways of doing things that go back thousands of years. Like any culture, the best introduction is through its food. In Oaxaca, food goes…

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Arthropods, Chili, and Lime: an Exploration into Mexico’s Tasty Insects

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Photography by Samantha Demangate “If it flies, jumps, or crawls, throw it in a pan!” We heard these words a lot while in Mexico. The country’s traditional cuisine revolves around sustainability and practices such as growing the mutually beneficial staples of corn, beans, and squash together have been utilized for centuries. One ancient food practice seems to be ahead of its time: entomophagy, aka the consumption of insects. As the world’s population increases and resources…

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