The Beatles Magical MEXICO Mystery Tour July 28, 2020 // 0 Comments The Mexican Minute with A Gringo in Mexico EPISODE 2: The Beatles in Mexico Hey everyone! This is Scott Koenig, and bienvenido to episode [Read More]
A Gringo in Mexico’s Top 10 Baja Bites 2019 December 12, 2019 // 8 Comments In 2019, Baja California continued to establish itself as one of the great culinary destinations of Latin America. And every year, A Gringo [Read More]
La Central: A Taste of Oaxaca in Baja’s Wine Country July 29, 2019 // 4 Comments When my family and I visited Oaxaca in 2013, I had two items to check off my foodie bucket list: Learn to enjoy mezcal, the region’s [Read More]
Edible Insects as Haute Cuisine June 25, 2019 // 2 Comments Edible insects were a mainstay of the Mesoamerican diet and have been consumed in Mexico for centuries. Not typically considered alongside [Read More]
The Best of Mexican Cuisine Comes to San Diego March 26, 2019 // 0 Comments SAN DIEGO, CA — The Mexico Gourmet Festival – premiering Saturday, June 1 from 5-9PM at the Embarcadero Marina Park South on San Diego [Read More]
FMGM 2014 Puebla: Preserving Mexico’s Culinary Traditions November 26, 2014 // 0 Comments VIDEO: A Gringo In Mexico’s perspective on the 2014 World Forum on Mexican Gastronomy (FMGM). PUEBLA, MEXICO – As El Gringo [Read More]
Dining in Oaxaca: 12 Essentials in Mexico’s Food Capital June 10, 2014 // 10 Comments OAXACA DE JUAREZ, OAXACA – Over 10,000 years ago, small tribes that had hunted and searched for food during the Ice Age settled into [Read More]
Get Over the Volcano: An Open Letter to Anthony Bourdain May 5, 2014 // 114 Comments May 5, 2014 Dear Mr. Bourdain, My name is W. Scott Koenig. I am a San Diego-based blogger at www.AGringoInMexico.com, a small site I [Read More]
Weaving Rugs and Culinary Traditions in Teotitlan del Valle January 15, 2014 // 0 Comments TEOTITLAN DEL VALLE, OAXACA – Over 20,000 years ago, small Mesoamerican tribes roamed the frozen Valley of Oaxaca to hunt mammoth, [Read More]
Traditional Temazcal: Sweatin’ with the Oldies in Oaxaca December 30, 2013 // 8 Comments OAXACA DE JUAREZ, OAXACA – As El Gringo’s taxi rolled into the dirt road, ramshackle neighborhood of Privada Villa Alta on the [Read More]