The 2018 Valle Food & Wine Fest
Food and wine festivals in Baja California are like classical music CD samplers. Both highlight brief movements from a dozen or more [Read More]
Baja California
Field to Fire with Miguel Angel Guerrero
Miguel Angel Guerrero jammed on the brake pedal of his bright, red 4×4 pickup truck. We skidded to a crunchy halt on a dirt road alongside [Read More]
Festival of Shellfish & New Wine Celebrates 19th Year
ENESENADA B.C. – For the 19th year, Ensenada celebrates three things that it’s very good at –winemaking, the farming and production [Read More]
Of Bivalves and Bottles in Ensenada
ENSENADA, BAJA CALIFORNIA – The 2017 Festival de las Conchas y el Vino Nuevo (Festival of Shellfish and New Wines) was held last week in [Read More]
MXCNAS: Elevating Mexico’s Female Chefs
SAN DIEGO – “Female chefs have been sidelined by a misogynist media in Mexico and the US that tends to only talk about the same male [Read More]
A Gringo in Mexico’s Top 25 Baja Bites 2016
As a San Diego-based writer of Mexican food, culture, and travel, I’m in a fortunate position both geographically and gastronomically. [Read More]
Baja California Cuisine Takes it’s Place on National Stage
MEXICO CITY – Baja California and its cuisine were represented again this year at the World Forum on Mexican Gastronomy (FMGM) held at [Read More]
KISS Army Mobilizes on Southern Border
TIJUANA – Explosions were heard in the vicinity of Estadio Gasmart in Tijuana’s del Cerro neighborhood Saturday night, as the city’s [Read More]
Female Chefs Celebrated during 2016 Baja Culinary Fest
TECATE – Held in and around the oak-shaded organic gardens of La Cocina Que Canta – the famous wellness retreat Rancho La [Read More]
El Clavo Nails It in the Valle de Guadalupe
VALLE DE GUADALUPE, B.C. – When I visited chef Ryan Steyn’s El Clavo Cocina de Baja last year at its former location next to winery [Read More]