Cody Copeland is the author of the latest edition of Moon Oaxaca, a personal, thoroughly researched 400-page guidebook written with locals as much in mind as visitors. Published May 2020, Moon Oaxaca takes visitors beyond the beaches and bustling markets of Oaxaca City to the technicolor hills of La Mixteca, the bromeliad forests of the Sierra Norte and the gusty lowlands of the Istmo de Tehuantepec.
Along the way, readers will find hidden culinary gems: the quesadilla’s greasy overgrown cousin the tlayuda, ritualistically prepared barbacoa, mole recipes specific to a single town and the iguana stew and pollo garnachero on the hectic streets of Juchitán. With tips on everything from how to fully utilize Oaxaca’s impressive networks of affordable public transportation to finding out-of-the-way home kitchens and street stalls that don’t make the pages of the glossy magazines, no other guide on bookstore shelves today provides travelers with as much insider knowledge of Mexico’s most fascinating and delicious state.
Cody Copeland 