The 2 Cooks took a drive south of Oaxaca to visit several traditional mezcal distilleries, or palenques as they are called. We went with the very knowledgeable guide, Dr. Alvin Starkman of Mezcal Educational Tours. We learned some of the basics of agave history, cultivation, propagation and processing and got an in-depth look at traditional…
If you follow along you know how much we like everything to do with molé. From the history to the chiles to the preparation to the plating we love our molé. So what could be better for us than a trip to where it all comes from, Oaxaca City. With the abundance of corn as…
When planning our trip to Oaxaca City we ran across a place called Mezcal y Molé in the Jalatlaco neighborhood. They do a mezcal and molé tasting that looked like it would be right up our alley. The experience certainly lived up to our expectations! To start with, Jalatlaco is a very welcoming neighborhood with…
We just returned from an amazing and beautiful trip to Tequila, Mexico to visit some artisanal tequila distilleries and meet some of the artisans responsible for creating these unique expressions of the blue agave plant. For our guide in this excursion we chose to go with Jeff Hines of Realtequila.mx. Jeff has been a proponent…
