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    Family Shares Their Oaxacan Tradition Of Giving Thanks In New Cookbook

    Thanksgiving might be the most Oaxacan holiday in the U.S.; Guelaguetza, the name of the Lopez family's award-winning Los Angeles restaurant, is a Zapotec word meaning "to give and receive."
    by Mandalit del Barco Nov 24, 2019 3 minutes
    Fernando, Paulina and Bricia Lopez run Guelaguetza, the family's restaurant. The cuisine reflects traditions that are rooted in Oaxaca's many indigenous cultures, which the family honors at Thanksgiving.

    Since making their way from the Mexican state of Oaxaca to Los Angeles in the 1990's, the Lopez family has celebrated Thanksgiving with a mix of flavors and culture: mashed potatoes, beans, turkey and jalapeno.

    "We'll probably then have some mezcal to kind of just digest, says daughter Bricia. Her brother Fernando adds, "For the longest time, I thought everybody did that."

    Their Thanksgiving dinner also includes green spaghetti in poblano salsa, a black

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