Eat Oaxaca

08/09/2019

05/09/2019

While the fancy city restaurants serve up amazing moles and complicated dishes, most tourists in Oaxaca miss the simple country fare that keep the hard-working country folk going. This beef and vegetable soup is INCREDIBLY tasty. It's the kind of stuff that grandma makes and the kind of stuff that won't be passed by on a trip with us.

02/09/2019

When you head down to our village for a couple of beers you can never be sure what else you're gonna find. Sometimes there's entertainment. This may sound like a cacophony to you, but get a snootful of Mezcal and you'll be up front and dancing with the fella in this clip. Enjoy.

31/08/2019

Oaxaca is famous for its food. Some folks want you to believe that it's ALL good. It really isn't. The grilled meats they eat, for example, are often just salty shoe leather. You can see here in Oaxaca's famous hall of griled meats that everyone sells exactly the same things, only some of it looks rotten. That's because it is. Refrigeration is not so popular in Oaxaca and that's what we're here for. We know what's what, make sure you only eat things that won't make you sick, and we don't fill your head with preconceived notions. Our trips are REAL. We show you EVERYthing and let you decide. We'll bring you here because it's a super fun experience We'll drink some beers, sample some leather and people watch. Then we'll go for a GOOD lunch.

26/08/2019

Looks like a cloudy day down at the beach. Maybe even raining. Sunny and 80 degrees on our patio at 8345'. Come have a beer. www.eat.oaxaca.com

24/08/2019

Posted our very first recipe in our snazzy new blog. To tell the truth, chefs don't use, or write, recipes that often. Perhaps why lots of them turn out poorly. Do what this one says, however, and you'll be in business...Oaxacan style. Check it out. https://www.eat-oaxaca.com/post/oaxaca-recipes-tongue-almond-sauce

23/08/2019

In Oaxaca you can sell booze on the side of the road. No permits, no liquor licenses. Ever stop to think about why you can't do that in the U.S.? Ever stop to think about why we have so many idiotic liquor laws and a behemoth government agency in each state to enforce them? Why can't adults just buy and consume booze when and how they please? Why are there ANY laws regarding booze except the ones that say don't sell it to kids and don't get behind the wheel after tanking it? Is the U.S. really the freest country in the world? Couldn't just be propaganda, right?

22/08/2019

We're now the proud owners of a blog. We intend to share lots of stuff about Oaxaca, keep it funny and interesting and also try not to make it just for us to hear ourselves blah blah blah. Check out our first post about the safety of travel in Oaxaca if you can. It's definitely a lot safer than you might think.

Is Mexico safe? Well, you're safer in Mexico than in Texas, and safer in Oaxaca than in Pennsylvania. People, Americans in particular, seem to have the idea

22/08/2019

We know that information on Oaxaca is very hard to come by. Not even Senor Google knows a whole lot. We know heaps more than him on the subject. We love to talk about it. If you are curious in any way, about ANYthing Oaxacan, please just fire us any question that comes to mind.

22/08/2019

We make our tour ALL-inclusive so that you don't decide to deny yourself any fun. You'll never have to think about whether or not something is worth it. You already did that when you booked and since EVERYTHING is included, might as well jump from a plane onto the beach, right?

19/08/2019

Rachael and I have been to over 50 countries on six continents. We could have picked anywhere to build our home. But, the food, the folks, the beaches, the mountains and the freedom to just be yourself and relax make Oaxaca the best place on Earth. Come check it out. www.eat-oaxaca.com

16/08/2019

That's Gregg. He's your personal host, private chef and cooking instructor on the finest culinary adventure of all time. He's also the guy that gets up at 4 a.m. to go get you tuna from the fishermen even if he's been drinking with you all night.

16/08/2019

Hey. We're Gregg and Rachael, hosts of the finest culinary adventure there ever was. If fresh oysters and smooching your mate on sunny beaches are some things that are in your wheelhouse, get in touch. We'll show you the time of your life. If they're not, hmmm, not sure what to tell you.

14/08/2019

Reach a whole different world by flying just 90 minutes direct from Houston.

13/08/2019

We take only two people at a time on the trip of a lifetime. The whole point of this is that you have a REAL experience that you simply cannot have in a gaggle. We take you everywhere and introduce you to everyone. Intimate eateries and genuine invites to private homes and parties are what you'll experience, not crappy buffets and people dressed up in corny outfits dancing for your amusement. You'll get to know folks, make real friends and never be seen like a tourist... coming from a mile away.

13/08/2019

Most folks in the mountains of Oaxaca grow their own corn on steep hillsides and you won't see any high-tech operations.

13/08/2019

In our village, and most Oaxacan villages, the rule is by Indigenous Customary Law. This means that there are no police, no building permits, no zoning boards and if you want to start up a business, just go ahead. The odd dispute over such things like whose goat ate whose corn is settled by the 'mayor'. As reckless as all this may seem to the average American, it is not S***m and Gomorrah and there is practically zero crime. We have no keys to our home, old people don't get mugged and little children can be sent to the store without the fear they'll be murdered. What makes these poor folk behave without the threat of being locked in a cage? We reckon it's a crazy concept called freedom that has a massive effect on human nature, but what do we know?

12/08/2019

We'll take you to all the local markets but you'll have to promise to be very quiet. We don't want to wake the sleeping piggies.

12/08/2019

The people in Oaxaca are not the only thing we'll get you close to on a trip with us.

11/08/2019

You know when you show up at the beach and it's just too damn crowded??? Happens all the time in Oaxaca.

11/08/2019

Oaxaca is home to the most beautiful beaches in Mexico. The best part? Nobody knows that.

11/08/2019

This is Monte Alban, the biggest scam in Oaxaca. Yes, the location is stunning and, yes, the Zapotec people built something there...and that's ALL we know. What you see there now is just about as authentic as Taco Bell. No one knows what they did there or what it really looked like but they've gone and built a fictional re-creation that looks cool to get money out of gringos. The real meaning of Monte Alban is, and will remain, a mystery...But that's not what every other tour will tell you when they drag you up there in a huge bus with a million suckers. Monte Alban, the Cheesy Gordita Crunch of the archaeological world.

09/08/2019

Mezcal picture story. Picture #1 Mezcal is made from various types of this cactus, Agave. #2 It's made by poor farmers all over Oaxaca in makeshift vats and stills. #3 It's then poured into gas jugs by the guys who made it and offered up for sale for peanuts. #4 Slippery dudes buy the gas jugs and pour the booze into fancy bottles and sell it to trendy bars so lame-ass hipsters can rub elbows and pay top dollar for h***h that costs 3 bucks/liter in a gas jug. The end.

09/08/2019

Oaxaca will give you a whole new perspective.

08/08/2019

Catch up on all the local gossip. On a trip with us you'll have plenty of time to get with the ladies and find out just what's been happening around town.

08/08/2019

Along with all the beautiful food that Oaxaca is famous for, there's this beast...Tasajo. Much like a salty Birkenstock, it's a tradition whose importance is lost on most gringos.Jerkier than any jerky, we totally get that this was a necessary method of meat preservation before the refrigerator. But, now they have refrigerators.

08/08/2019

The beaches of Oaxaca are major nesting grounds for sea turtles. Although now highly illegal, the poaching of sea turtle eggs is still a serious threat to their population and those eggs are just about the only thing we don't encourage you to try while on a trip with us. Conservation projects are underway and in November/December you can come with us and help as many new hatchlings as possible reach the ocean. It really is a beautiful experience..

07/08/2019

A lot of people ask us where exactly is Oaxaca? Well, there it is. People even ask us WHAT is Oaxaca? Oaxaca is the name of both a city and a state. Oaxaca, Oaxaca. Just like New York, New York only there are more Mexicans in New York.😁

06/08/2019

The tepee like structure is a type of sweat lodge for an indigenous ritual called "Temazcal'. Pouring a mix of herbs such as arnica over the hot stones is part of the reason you feel reborn after your sweat. Traditionally, the Temazcal is often followed by a healthy dose of the magic mushrooms that live in the area for a journey of introspection. On a trip with us you can choose to have your sweat with or without the other trip. www.eat-oaxaca.com

06/08/2019

While the sunsets are nothing short of spectacular at our place in the mountains, sunrise is also worth getting out of bed for. That strip of blue just beyond the hills is the Pacific Ocean. A little factoid, at 8345' the horizon is 112 miles away.