If you’ve heard anything about Oaxaca, it’s likely something about the famous moles or the award-winning (and omnipresent) folk art or the spectacular surf competitions in Puerto Escondido.

You may not know that, because of its rugged topography, Oaxaca has Mexico’s greatest biodiversity (cloud forests, tropical dry forests, coast lands) with more wild mushrooms, orchids and ferns than any other state!  It is host to Mexico’s greatest ethnic diversity (16 indigenous languages) which means more culinary diversity, too. Nearly every day, Oaxaca City hosts calendas (parades for weddings, baptisms, first communions),  punctuated by huge festivals like summer’s Guelaguetza, fall’s Día de Muertos, Christmastime’s Noche de Rábanos and Easter’s Semana Santa. Each festival brings to life a different set of delectable traditions.

Oaxaca is a stretch of earth that has been inhabited for 11,000 years, its precolonial Zapotec capital of Monte Albán rising to its greatest heights by 700 CE.

This evening we invite you to join us on a tour of this rich land, tasting flavors from different cultures, different terrains, even different stretches of time.