Oaxaca #2
I’ve been home now for almost 24 hours and for me that’s not enough time to process a trip, but I’ll share what occurs to me now and a bit more in a final post on Oaxaca maybe this weekend.
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Diego from Labo Fermento generously took us through the facilities after dinner. They have an incredible setup and a pantry crammed with inspired projects.
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Corn fermenting into koji, likely to be used for either their in-house miso or shoyu.
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The outdoor kitchen at Centro Gastronomico.
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French chef Hugo Chaise setting up for a workshop on using ferments in the kitchen.
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Ambrose at Mercado Benito Juarez.
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Metalic sculptures by Alberto Aragon Reyes on the Zocalo plaza.
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An open-faced tlayuda.
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Museo de Arte Prehispánico de México Rufino Tamayo. Beautifully displayed collection of pre-hispanic art.
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A light fixture above the small, private-feeling bar in the back of Boulenc (an excellent restaurant).
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Oaxaca boasts a wild amount of artist shops, print makers, galleries. Just craft of every sort imaginable.
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We only saw this once, but I like to imagine there is a whole society of roof dogs.
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A company making naughty mezcal popsicles.
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A shot from the roof where we were staying on the 800 block of Rufino Tamayo.
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This parade swelled into the hundreds marching right past our AirBnB, so of course I had to go see what I could see. It was for a 40th anniversary celebration of a dental assistants group. They were having a blast, singing and dancing and handing out shots of mezcal.
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Fire-spinner in front of Santo Domingo.
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Steaming bowls of atole at La Atoleria. Atole is a hot, wintry corn-based beverage that can be flavored with vanilla, chocolate, cinnamon, amaranth, and so on. It's similar to hot cocoa.
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That's all for this batch. I'll post the final part sometime over the next couple days. Still sitting with all of these experiences and letting them percolate.
