Mole in the Mountains

A gastronomic adventure in Xalapa, Mexico.

I’m heading out to Xalapa, Veracruz, for a couple days and would like to have a “nice” dinner with one of my students. I once received recommendations from a local and have somehow misplaced my list. I’m...

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I’m going to Xalapa this year and would like to find a seafood resturant that I ate at 10 years ago and find out whether it is still good. The place was named “Nick's” and was well out of downtown, not flashy,...

We’re going to Veracruz next week and driving up the coast to Papantla (famous for vanilla production!) before visiting friends in Xalapa. I already have some info, both guide-booky and insider, but I also had to ask the...

If you get tired of the heat and humidity in Vera Cruz, you may wish to travel an hour into the mountains, north west, to Xalapa. A cool, lovely, and sophisticated college town. We had some memorable meals there, which I believe...

In Mexico... Caviar a lo Pobre refers to a Black Bean & Tapenade relish that is a somewhat common home dish in Xalapa

Umm.....can you pack me in your suitcase ;-D. Try the coffee in Veracruz city, the Xico mole (in the little town of Xico), visit Rachel Torres' churraria (sp?) for cena in Xalapa, have a great time and report back how your trip...

Cultural Center in Berkeley to check out the Xalapa based band Son de Madera… and there were a number of proud, nostalgic, very enthusiastic Veracruzanos in the audience. http://www.myspace.com/sondemadera Its important to note...

in the guidebooks: San Cristobal Veracruz Xalapa Somewhere on Oaxacan coast Zihuatenejo San Miguel and colonial loop Any recs on these places or other chowhound destinations? We’re adventurous eaters (and travelers). Other...

Thanks rworange. That Mexconnect site is very interesting. I never made the connection till a couple of days ago between food and geographical names: jalapeno from Xalapa, poblano from Puebla. And there’s a place named...

favorite bookstores towns are Puebla and Xalapa. I did not mention in that email that the small cramped CONACULTA bookstore at the Xalapa Museum of Anthropology is superb and has arguably the best collection of Veracruzana...

I am leaving for Veracruz in early October. Thought I would update this thread to see if any CHers out there have recommendations for Veracruz City, Xalapa, or the village of Jose Cardel, where I will be staying.

I lived in Veracruz for 5 years and my wife is Mexican from a small pueblo in a very rural area. And there and in Xalapa, people almost exclusively eat tortillas made from white corn. Although some ladies peddle tortillas from...