Mi Casa Supper Club: A Touch of Class in Rosarito Beach
ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA – “Food isn’t a new passion. I started cooking when I was just six years old.” Chef [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”, [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 [Read More]
Villa del Palmar at the Islands of Loreto. Luxury in a Rustic Paradise.
LORETO, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR – When El Gringo visited Loreto on the coast of the Sea of Cortez in Baja California Sur in 2006, I was [Read More]
Baja Meets New York: Mexico's New Cuisine Hits the Big Apple
NEW YORK – Global gastrophile capital New York City is certainly aware of the culinary and wine scene happening in Baja California. [Read More]
How to Spend a Perfect Day in Tijuana
TIJUANA – Spending a perfect day in Tijuana is problematic only due to the challenge in narrowing down a list from a seemingly [Read More]
Popotla…Feeding My Mariscos Madness. Again.
POPOTLA, BAJA CALIFORNIA – Okay, I’ll admit it. El Gringo has a seafood jones the size of Ensenada. Not a day goes by when I [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 [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 [Read More]
Grupo Plascencia: Tijuana Tastemakers' Roots Run Deep
TIJUANA – El Gringo paid his driver and stepped out of the cab and into the crisp November afternoon in the Zona Rio neighborhood of [Read More]