Friday, April 12, 2019
Saymi Pineda Velasco's tweet - " Zipolite , nudist international beach, this 19th and 20th of April will be ... Trendsmap Zipolite , an international nudist beach, this 19th and 20th of April will host the first edition of the Zipolite Music Dj Festival. In the framework of the festivities of ...
| Saymi Pineda Velasco's tweet - " Zipolite , nudist international beach, this 19th and 20th of April will be ...
Zipolite , an international nudist beach, this 19th and 20th of April will host the first edition of the ZipoliteMusic Dj Festival. In the framework of the festivities of ...
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Saymi Pineda Velasco Facebook Press conference announcing the Zipolite Music DJs Festival 2019. #Pochutla #Oaxaca.
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Press conference announcing the Zipolite Music DJs Festival 2019. #Pochutla #Oaxaca.
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In Search of the Most Delectable Mole Dish in Oaxaca Wall Street Journal FEW THINGS in the world give me a more joyous flood of sensory overload than a walk through a sprawling market in Oaxaca (officially Oaxaca de ...
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FEW THINGS in the world give me a more joyous flood of sensory overload than a walk through a sprawling market in Oaxaca (officially Oaxaca de ...
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Discovering The Secret Side Of Oaxaca City, Mexico David Hochman David Hochman Contributor ForbesLife The worldview from Los Angeles
Discovering The Secret Side Of Oaxaca City, Mexico
In the hills outside the city center of Oaxaca, you might as well be in Tuscany or Portugal, with the skinny palms and tall cypress trees swaying gently around the pool. The colonial town and UNESCO World Heritage Site has a reputation as one of the most walkable cities in Mexico, but if you stray even a few minutes off the tourist path, you're rewarded with neighborhoods that feel like secret finds, and with accommodations, restaurants and shopping spots you'll want to keep all to yourself.
Hacienda Los Laureles is a bucolic hilltop estate-turned-hotel in the San Felipe neighborhood fifteen minutes by (safe and super-affordable) taxi from Santo Domingo de Guzmán in the heart of Oaxaca city. Owned and run by the same German and Mexican couple for 20 years (Peter Kaiser spent decades traveling the world as a hotel GM before settling in this dreamy locale), Los Laureles has just 23 rooms of vintage Spanish-colonial style around a grassy oasis-like courtyard. It's the type of away-from-it-all place where you turn off your phone upon check-in and don't think about it again for a week. There's a spa and a pool there, too, among the old gardens and walkways, and the kind of understated elegance that brings to mind languid evenings chatting under orange blossoms and a c'est la vie approach to seeing the world. The breakfast baskets of fresh pastry and local agua de cacao aren't so bad either.
Across the street, a new restaurant is one of Oaxaca's true hidden gems, though even the opening times can be a mystery. Open since 2018, Doba Yejis run by young chefs Paul Gonzalez and Rolano Santiago, who trained at the city's top fine dining spots, including Enrique Olvera's Criollo restaurant. This courtyard haven is more like a fresh-from-the-farm picnic at your stylish food-loving friend's house, with salads of heirloom tomatoes and cactus flowers, and some of the tastiest mole dishes in town.
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An open air Saturday farmer's market in the church square opposite the restaurant is as fine a place as any to savor true Oaxacan neighborhood life, with artisan craft vendors, barbacoa tacos fresh off the wood-fired comal, and the pre-colonial drink called tejate that is made from ground corn, cocoa, the seed of the mamey fruit, and rosita de cacao flower.
It's either a long walk or short taxi ride from there to Colonia Reforma, a prosperous district, with shops, cafes and restaurants, just up from the historic center. You can walk to "downtown" easily but Reforma still has an off-the-beaten path authenticity.
Alejandro Ruiz Olmedo is the pioneering chef from elegant Casa Oaxaca hotel and bar in town. His dishes helped popularize Oaxacan cuisine around the world. At Casa Oaxaca Cafe in Reforma the focus is on traditional Oaxacan cuisine at a price that's much more manageable than his central city locations.
Itanoni is a modest dining spot doing extraordinary things with non-GMO corn. Women at an open comal prepare everything fresh to order--quesadillas, tacos, and tamales--from maize that's treated like a single-origin heritage crop.
Pan:Am's Reforma location is a bakery and coffee shop that makes all your Oaxacan brunch fantasies come true. Breads and pastries are baked fresh on premises. Omelettes are made from local farm eggs and veggies, and you'll be dreaming for weeks about the hot horchada with cinnamon.
Enjoy it, but for now, try to keep it all a secret.
Thursday, April 11, 2019
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Cabin with free parking, near Zipolite Beach
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With a stay at Posada Mexico in San Pedro Pochutla, you'll be minutes from Zipolite Beach and close to Mazunte Beach.
This cabin is within close proximity of Camarones Beach and Amor Beach.
Make yourself at home in one of the 3 guestrooms. Bathrooms feature showers with rainfall showerheads. Conveniences include safes and ceiling fans, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless Internet access and wedding services.
Satisfy your appetite with Italian cuisine at Posada Mexico, a beachfront restaurant where you can enjoy drinks at the bar, take in the garden view, and dine alfresco. Dining is also available at the coffee shop/café. Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available daily from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, multilingual staff, and luggage storage. Free self parking is available onsite.
Toasty, Salty, and Extra Crunchy: Grasshoppers Hop to a Menu Near You Grasshoppers, or chapulines, are a Mexican treat that the rest of the world is getting hip to. By Kate Krader April 10, 2019, 4:30 AM PDT
Toasty, Salty, and Extra Crunchy: Grasshoppers Hop to a Menu Near You
Grasshoppers, or chapulines, are a Mexican treat that the rest of the world is getting hip to.
Most Americans don’t gravitate toward edible insects unless they’re the gummy kind. But 80 percent of the people on Earth consume bugs. And diners in the U.S. are finally coming around to this sustainable source of high-quality protein.
For centuries, grasshoppers, or chapulines, have been a Mexican specialty, particularly in the southern state of Oaxaca. They’re a staple snack at soccer games and in market stalls in Mexico City, where you’ll find baskets piled high with them. Chapulines are cleaned, toasted on a griddle-like surface, and seasoned with ingredients such as lime juice and garlic. They deliver a distinctive earthy flavor and add an addictive crunch to dishes.
Chapulines got a lot of social media play in 2017 when Noma chef René Redzepi served them on a fried corn pastry with dried tomatoes at his pop-up in Tulum, Mexico. Now they can be found at other acclaimed spots, such as Alex Stupak’s Empellón restaurants in New York. “The best way to taste them is to put them in a tortilla with a little guacamole and a splash of smoky salsa,” Stupak says. “The first time we offered them, I was blown away by how many we sold.”
Toasted and spiced Mexican chapulines (center), chinicuil caterpillars, and maguey worms, ready for snacking.
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Stupak only serves them when they’re in season, from June to October. “Think of them like soft shell crabs,” he says. Other respected places that serve them year round use farmed grasshoppers; the argument is that their flavor is consistent because of their steady diet.
At Michelin-starred Claro in Brooklyn, N.Y., chef T.J. Steele purées them into a vinaigrette. “For some chefs, bugs are about shock value,” he says. “With grasshoppers, it’s about flavor, especially if you grind them up and people don’t notice them.” Steele’s chapuline-drizzled salad also shows up at the Brooklyn Museum’s restaurant, the Norm, where it was introduced to complement a Frida Kahlo exhibit.
A salad at Norm, which uses grasshopper-spiked dressing, was introduced to complement a Frida Kahlo exhibit.
Photographer: Elissa Goldman/NinthFlr
At the ambitious Sazón in Santa Fe, N.M., chef Fernando Olea serves marinated chapulines on mini corn tortillas. Grasshoppers have even become a hit at the Seattle Mariners’ T-Mobile Park. Served in spicy chili powder, they became so popular that a limit on sales had to be imposed in 2017; now they garnish the Buzz margarita.
One of the suppliers to the Seattle stadium is the Maine-based Entosense LLC, which Bill Broadbent and his sister, Susan, founded in 2015. That was early enough that they were able to score the domain name edibleinsects.com. “When we started, we had two employees and sold 1 ounce at a time,” he says. “Now we have six employees, and we sell bugs by the pound. By the end of the year, our chapuline business will have gone up 20 to 30 times what we did last year.” Broadbent notes that when his daughter brings them to school, her friends pounce. “People under 40, there’s a good chance they’ll eat bugs,” he says. “For people over 40, it’s tougher.”
Recipe: Claro’s Chapuline Vinaigrette
In a small saucepan, heat ½ cup of vegetable oil. Add ¼ cup finely chopped garlic and cook over low heat until golden and fragrant. Add ¼ cup grasshoppers and cook for 2 minutes; let cool. Thoroughly puree in a blender with 1 tbsp. sherry or cider vinegar, about ½ tsp. sugar, and a large pinch of salt; taste for seasoning. Refrigerate for up to 2 weeks. Makes about ⅔ cup.
Chapulines, measured out ready to be made into vinaigrette.
Photographer: Elissa Holdman/NinthFlr
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
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