With the coronavirus pandemic restrictions sparking job and income losses, sellers say their only choice is to break the law.
Stories by Lydia Carey
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Mexico City’s Pat Patz serves up the flavors of a Middle Eastern diaspora
Award-winning chef Mijael Seidel takes inspiration from how the cuisine is being prepared worldwide by the region’s migrants.
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Meet Mexico City haute cuisine’s mushroom hunter
An Indiana Jones of edible fungi, Nanae Watabe collects the culinary gems for select city restaurants and leads tours on how to pick them.
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From Magical Towns to colorful cities, discoveries await you in Guanajuato
The state’s colonial history, natural beauty and culture offer endless nooks and crannies to explore in Mexico’s cradle of independence.
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Moving beyond beer and tequila, Mexico City embraces the wine bar
As Mexico’s vineyard industry blossoms, so have options for capitalinos looking for new and exciting vinos from here and beyond.
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San Miguel de Allende: a new hotspot for microdosing in Mexico
Residents in this Magical Town are quietly experimenting with regular, small doses of hallucinogens like psilocybin as alternative medicine.
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Roma’s newest Asian eateries: hard to find but well worth the search
The Mexico City neighborhood is benefitting from the capital’s recent love affair with Eastern cuisine from places like Thailand and Laos.
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How a Mexico City scientist turned into a clean water activist for Xochimilco
After seeing the neighborhood’s filthy canals, Refugio Rodríguez began helping resident boatmen and farmers remove soil and water pollutants.
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Mezcal maker running her family’s distillery fights small-town prejudices
After her father died a few months ago, Lidia Hernandez found that making the product was the easy part of running the family distillery.
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Laid-back Cubo embeds its world-class food experience in a natural setting
This day-long food experience combines food foraging, gourmet grilling and cocktails for small groups to bond in the pristine outdoors.
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Oaxaca’s small mezcal distilleries charm with lush settings, family vibes
These tiny oases in the Oaxacan desert are captivatingly beautiful and an unforgettable way to experience the Mexican liquor.
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In an unstable, uncertain year, these folks dared to live their dream
Lydia Carey features five Mexican businesses that opened in 2020 after Covid-19 created the most unstable economic environment in decades.
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Despite the pandemic, microbrewery’s opening came at just the right time
Brewer Mariana Domínguez didn’t let one of the worst global recessions in over a decade stop her from achieving her eight-year dream.
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Born during the isolation of lockdown, Mexico City store unites women
Mujeres Incendiarias began as an Instagram page, but collaborating with a female friend made its founder want to reach out to other women.
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For the love of a Mexico City gone by, one resident shares his knowledge
Fernando Fuentes has lived in the Roma-Condesa section of Mexico City his whole life, so his tours come with mountains of lived experience.
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The joy of Christmas in Mexico is learning to appreciate the unexpected
As a child, Lydia Carey wanted each Christmas to be exactly like the last. But Christmases in Mexico have taught her to relish surprises.
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Covid shutdowns have taken their toll on Mexico City’s specialty farmers
Small farmers supplying restaurants and working as vendors at festivals have been hit hard by Covid-related shutdowns.
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Lake Chapala, Jalisco, provides fun and relaxation in many forms
Gorgeous Lake Chapala, Jalisco, is peaceful but has plenty to do. It’s the perfect weekend antidote to the bustle of city life.
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With all this year’s upheavals, pan de muerto is a Day of the Dead constant
For many Mexicans, making pan de muerto is a rite of nostalgia and tribute to the previous generations who taught them their cherished recipe.
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What’s the buzz? Mexico City beekeeper seeks to change perceptions about bees
When Africanized bees were discovered in Chiapas in the 1980s, the fear of this aggressive hybrid bee tarnished the insect’s reputation.
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Lobbyists win a round in fight over protecting farmers’ rights to seeds
Proposed legislative changes would criminalize the saving or the exchange of seeds with a penalty of up to six years of jail time.
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Has the ubiquitous cheek kiss been lost to the coronavirus?
After almost a decade and a half the habit has become ingrained in my social interactions. Without it I feel something is unsaid, something is undone.
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Online art event supports mutual aid organization in Mexico City
Ayuda Mutua has put together an online event they hope will weave a stronger web of mutual support between local consumers and artists.
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The secret to staging a film festival during a health crisis: drive-in theaters
The Guanajuato International Film Festival is braving the post-Covid future by showing films at drive-ins and picnic grounds.
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Lesson from the pandemic: pollution problem more than just cars on the road
The complexity of the pollution problem in the Valley of México goes much deeper than we realize, a fact that has become clear during the Covid-19 pandemic.
