Abigail Mendoza

Whenever I think about Mexican food, the first person who comes to mind is Abigail Mendoza, the owner of Tlamanalli (a Nahuatl word for “offering”), in the tiny village of Teotítlan, Oaxaca. While many people come here for the traditional weavings and to shop for rugs, I’ve rarely been happier than when luxuriating over a three-hour lunch at the airy, tiled restaurant that Abigail shares with her sisters.