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The city, one market stall at a time
Based in Mexico City (from Oaxaca).
Tomás learned to cook with his grandmother in the Oaxaca valley and now maps CDMX stall by stall, from Mercado de San Juan to the tlacoyo women of Coyoacán. He judges a neighbourhood by its morning tamale line and the reach of its salsa verde.
Light tunnels go up on the Zócalo, the pastorela ends in ponche and a piñata, posadas move onto boats on the Xochimilco canals, and the volcanoes are at their clearest.
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