In Oaxaca, a molino is an indispensable business in every village. Dried corn, cacao beans, chiles, herbs, spices, nuts, and seeds are brought to the molino to be ground so they can be turned into the staples found on Oaxaca’s tables — tamales, tortillas, tlayudas, tejate, mole, Oaxacan chocolate, and much mouth-watering more! Below is a miller of corn in Tamazulápam del Espíritu Santo, in the Mixe region of Oaxaca.
In Mill Valley, Molino is a colorful place-name, a street and a park, that recalls California’s Spanish and Mexican past.
“Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them. ” —Bill Vaughan
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