Enrique Flores: Philanthropic Oaxacan artist has the golden touch
Alvin Starkman M.A., LL.B. Enrique Flores is one of the most prolific Mexican artists of his generation. Of course having been mentored by the late […]
Short essays on rural Oaxaca mezcal production: Part one, focus on Hilarino Olivera Cruz
Alvin Starkman M.A., LL.B. The rural mezcal producers of Oaxaca keep the tradition as pure as it was centuries ago. They pepper the villages and […]
El Tigre: restaurant in Oaxaca is as authentic as they get
Alvin Starkman M.A., LL.B. It’ll cost María Sara and her husband Hilarino about $7,000 USD to get electricity for their tiny, roadside eatery, located about […]
Manuel Reyes: sculptor, painter and renaissance man from the Mixteca Alta, Oaxaca
Alvin Starkman, M.A. LL.B. Artist Manuel Reyes aspires to exhibit his work in art galleries in Oaxaca and Mexico City. Give him that exposure over […]
Caldo de Piedra — Oaxaca restaurant review
Alvin Starkman M.A., LL.B. Campesinos working the land or tending flocks in the river valleys and hills of the Sierra Norte would stop, fish for […]
Seasons of Mr Heart: Oaxaca cooking school review
Alvin Starkman M.A., LL.B. Susana Trilling and her staff offer a marathon culinary experience of bacchanalian proportion. Location of instruction is shared between the Wednesday […]
Vieja Lira Trattoria & Pizzeria – Oaxaca restaurant review
Alvin Starkman M.A., LL.B. Thankfully the recent expansion from 24 to 40 seats hasn’t detracted from the intimacy and quaintness of this downtown Italian restaurant […]
Medical and dental treatment and coverage in Oaxaca, Mexico
Alvin Starkman M.A., LL.B. When I first gave up the practice of law in Toronto in favor of early retirement in Oaxaca, I assumed that […]