FMGM 2014 Puebla: Preserving Mexico’s Culinary Traditions
VIDEO: A Gringo In Mexico’s perspective on the 2014 World Forum on Mexican Gastronomy (FMGM). PUEBLA, MEXICO – As El Gringo rolled down the [Read More]
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WTF at Tijuana’s "The Kitchen": 12 hedonists. 12 courses. 1 vision.
TIJUANA – In the 1930’s, artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo were at the vortex of the “Mexican Renaissance”, surrounding [Read More]
Get Over the Volcano: An Open Letter to Anthony Bourdain
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 started about [Read More]
Weaving Rugs and Culinary Traditions in Teotitlan del Valle
TEOTITLAN DEL VALLE, OAXACA – Over 20,000 years ago, small Mesoamerican tribes roamed the frozen Valley of Oaxaca to hunt mammoth, deer and [Read More]
Traditional Temazcal: Sweatin’ with the Oldies in Oaxaca
OAXACA DE JUAREZ, OAXACA – As El Gringo’s taxi rolled into the dirt road, ramshackle neighborhood of Privada Villa Alta on the outskirts [Read More]
Night of the Radishes: Playing with Food in Oaxaca
OAXACA DE JUAREZ, OAXACA – In the 16th Century, the Spanish brought many new food staples to recently conquered Mexico. One of these staples [Read More]
Tijuana Art Walk & the Rebirth of Pasaje Gomez
TIJUANA – “In the sixties and seventies, when you walked down the stairs from the street into Pasaje Gomez, the place was filled [Read More]
Dia de los Muertos in Michoacan
PATZCUARO, MICHOACAN – As the air begins to cool and the nighttime arrives much sooner, October and November herald the onset of Fall and the [Read More]
Tulum Ruins: The Gem of the Mayan Riviera
TULUM, QUINTANA ROO – As we near the end of the Mayan Calendar in December this year, I thought it would be a good time to take you back with [Read More]
Morelia: Around Michoacan's Stately and Historic Capital
MORELIA, MICHOACAN – Although our plans were originally to visit Oaxaca for Mexico’s Dia de los Muertos observance, political unrest [Read More]