The tables are set and ready for guests. Custom centerpieces and place settings can be arranged in Oaxaca salones para eventos. © Alvin Starkman 2008

Affordable Oaxaca as a locale for any grand fiesta

If you’re getting married, turning 50, or planning that anniversary bash… consider Oaxaca They say that Mexicans really know how to party. Here in Oaxaca we do it in spades, because it’s part of a longstanding cultural tradition. Also because it’s affordable, certainly relative to what it would cost in the U.S. or Canada. What […]

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Dried chile guajillo, fresh vegetables and yierba santa leaves figure in Oaxaca's regional Mexican cuisine. © Alvin Starkman 2008

Authentic Mexican cuisine at Oaxaca’s La Casa de los Sabores cooking school

If visitors to Oaxacan cooking school La Casa de los Sabores came away with nothing more than great recipes and a wonderful meal, they would leave fully satisfied. Oaxaca’s unique gastronomy is rich in unique herb- and spice-accented flavor combinations that are its hallmark. But a visit with owner and chef extraordinaire Pilar Cabrera also […]

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