A Decolonial Approach to Food & Writing
Storytelling Without Critical Thinking Will Perpetuate the Status Quo
Making a Living is Resisting
In the current state of the world, if you hustle to make a living, you probably struggle. Either because you chose it or you have no other option.
Inequality forces many people to work more hours for less money. The way someone looks or their place of origin, even their gender, defines their work’s value.
That inequality also makes it harder for many people to have access to expensive and prohibitive storytelling services.
In a world of big carbon footprints, those who create, on a small and local scale, are making this world better. That is something that should be encouraged, not difficult to execute.
Easy Access to Tools & Resources
Collaborative Economy & Community
As in the Milpa, community is everything. Developing long-lasting bonds and relationships gives us everyone more value than only monetary transactions. Caring about each other makes us stronger.
- Exchange. Not everything is about money; we can exchange services/products.
- Pay-what-you-can. When you can.
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Cooking Classes in Oaxaca
What is it that drives us to want to learn about other cultures through a day of cooking?
Gentrification & Tourism in Oaxaca
A zine about gentrification and tourism in Oaxaca and the social interactions and implications around it. Coming out in February 2025
Exodus
A mini-documentary that shows a more human approach of the 2018 migrant caravan in contrast to the media in Mexico and the US.
Love for Coffee. Café Labrador
A personal story of how a group of coffee geeks inspired this project to keep going through the difficulties of resilience.
Atzompa Pottery and Clay Tradition
The point of view and worldview of a family related to their Zapotec roots.
A New Story is Being Cooked...
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Latest Blog Posts
Cultural Appropriation in Food
In terms of profits, wealthy chefs have an advantage. They can use their platforms and restaurants to reach a larger market. Whether modify or not the recipes, but overall, when they claim ownership, there’s a political disconnection. The appropriator becomes a reference to that recipe and invisibilizes the groups who own it. We live in
The Good Colonizer. On White Chefs & Mexican Food
I worked five years teaching cooking classes in Oaxaca, mainly to US folks, and a common question often arose from my students. What do you think of the work of people like Rick Bayless or Enrique Olvera? Different tones and intentions changed; some had a true curiosity about their empires, and others were more leaning
Software Development: Why I left
Eight years ago I worked in software development, one of my last jobs was as a freelancer for one of the largest brokerage firms in Mexico. I was making their mobile app. I myself at the time was thrilled when I was finally able to get that client. However, after a few weeks of work
Racism in Mexico: Identity, storytelling and white saviors
When we talk about racism in Mexico, we usually think of blatant folks who openly despise black or indigenous people. A battle between good and evil in a Hollywood-style-film where the villain will be defeated, and once that goal is reached; there won’t be more darkness, and we’ll live happily ever after. Unfortunately, real life
Water and Colonialism
Photo: Berenice Zambrano / Carlos Enciso A couple of years ago, on my way back to Mexico, I stopped for a few days in Antigua, Guatemala. One morning, at the hostel where I was staying, I was brushing my teeth. Next to me, a white man came to wash his hands and face; he turned
Migrant Caravan Stories: Exodus
When I heard about the migrant caravan, I felt the impulse of going and capture the real human stories within the exodus. There were many versions of them on television and social media. All of them sounded biased and kind of superficial. So I started looking up what was going on and tried to find
Besides telling other people’s stories, I wrote this short story. It is an intimate and personal story based on my family stories. It’s also an experimental hybrid of a cookbook and a tale. You can download the e-book for free and learn more about Mexico City in the times I was a kid.
