The food at Oxa is a combination of intensely savory dishes from across Mexico — including Guerrero, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Puebla and the Yucatan — with no-holds-barred flavors that are not for culinary amateurs
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS High on a vast plateau sheltered by a protective wall of rugged Sierra Madre mountains, 400 kilometers south of of the nation’s capital, lies Mexico’s fifth-largest state, Oaxaca. Home to 16 distinct ethnic groups — and numerous subgroups that have, over the centuries, developed their own unique customs and traditions — Oaxaca, with nearly 70 percent of
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the world – more common than breast cancer and more common than prostate cancer – affecting at least 2.5 million people worldwide and 1.5 million Mexicans annually, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In fact, one in every five Mexicans will develop skin cancer in their
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