I’m sitting at Guzina Oaxaca, a new restaurant in Polanco with an old friend from San Miguel days. Foodie companion and chef extraordinaire Shaw, has a serious love affair with Oaxacan food and is giving me a list of...
Eating on the Street: Tours with Eat Mexico
I’ve long maintained that part of Mexico’s essence is eating on the street. This morning I thought I’d join some out-of-towners for a street food extravaganza with a company called Eat Mexico that offers tours in Mexico City and...
A few pints with Mujeres Catadores de Mexico
A bunch of chicks hanging out, drinking beer, who doesn’t love that? I for one was stoked to meet up with the girls from Mujeres Catadores de Mexico last Saturday for a little beer-making and some delicious brew. The...
Christmas in Belize
If it’s a balmy 80 degrees outside at the El Secreto resort, it’s at least 100 degrees in the kitchen. I can feel the sweat pouring down the small of my back, but the kitchen staff, in their uniforms,...
I may have O.D.ed on corn this morning
I don’t even like tamales. My Mexican friends think that makes me prissy. But let’s just set the record straight. I don’t like polenta either or hominy or grits. It’s not that I’m particularly against tamales, just that grainy...