Picture this… a way to help us continue our Summer Vocational Camps in Oaxaca
As many of you know my foundation hosts a week of Vocational Camp each summer in Oaxaca. Here’s some pics if you want to take a look. Last summer Chef […]
As many of you know my foundation hosts a week of Vocational Camp each summer in Oaxaca. Here’s some pics if you want to take a look. Last summer Chef […]
A Guadalajara Classic… the torta ahogada. From El Bigotes and Mr Pacos The Torta Ahogada is almost as synonymous with Guadalajara as an In-n-Out Double Double is with Southern California. […]
I was at the first Taste of Mexico in 2010 at St Vibiana’s in Los Angeles. It was the first food event I covered when I was doing some work […]
Keep it simple. Often times that’s the best advice you can get. Especially if you want to run an airline. TAR Airlines in Mexico seems to be doing just that, […]
I sent a note to Bricia Lopez of Guelaguetza Restaurant in Los Angeles a few years back asking if she could connect me to a guy making mezcal in San Dionesio Ocotepec who I had heard about. I was doing some writing for the Multi Cultural Cooking Network and wanted […]
“Dave” she asked me years ago as I was talking with a friend in Huatulco, Oaxaca, “have you ever eaten at La Toscana?” I had to confess I had not. […]
One of the first members of the Board of Directors for my foundation was a Mexican, American, Baptist, Catholic, Agnostic, Jew. I never knew back then that like America, Mexico has a lot of people with incredible mixed backgrounds. As some call it… Mestizaje. I came across this great read from […]
It’s not really a restaurant. It’s more like a cantina… for corn lovers. When I was in Queretaro recently, I made a side trip to Tequisquiapan, about an hour outside of […]
Traveling for weeks at a time in Mexico, it’s hard not to think of home here in Las Vegas. The struggle for me is that almost as soon as I […]
I’m generally not a big fan of most local airport food options. Generally they over price and under deliver. That leaves travelers with few choices outside of the standards like […]