Baja California Taco Crawl
Baja California has been a magnet for immigrants from all around Mexico for over a century. The result is that Mexico’s 29th state is now home to a [Read More]
Tecate
A Gringo in Mexico’s Top 10 Baja Bites 2022
After an 18-month hiatus due to the pandemic, late 2021 and 2022 marked A Gringo in Mexico’s triumphant return to Baja California and all its [Read More]
Baja Window to the South Showcases Best of Baja California
From the late seventies through the early nineties, “Tijuana Window to the South”—a thirty-minute show on San Diego public [Read More]
A Gringo in Mexico’s Top 10 Baja Bites 2019
In 2019, Baja California continued to establish itself as one of the great culinary destinations of Latin America. And every year, A Gringo in [Read More]
Celebrating Baja California’s Women Winemakers
Edible Baja, a collaboration between Edible San Diego, one of the city’s leading gastronomic periodicals and Baja Test Kitchen, an educational [Read More]
A Gringo in Mexico’s Top 10 Baja Bites 2018
I struggle with my Top 10 Baja Bites list at the end of every year. There are so many talented cooks and chefs and so much good food in the region [Read More]
Tiny Tecate’s Big Dining Secret
Restaurante Amores appeared on my radar when “in the know” friends praised the Tecate eatery as one of their favorites in Baja [Read More]
The Doña Esthela of Tecate
TECATE, BAJA CALIFORNIA — One of the reasons tiny Tecate was designated a Pueblo Magicó (Magical Town) by Mexico’s federal tourism department [Read More]
Female Chefs Celebrated during 2016 Baja Culinary Fest
TECATE, B.C. – Held in and around the oak-shaded organic gardens of La Cocina Que Canta – the famous wellness retreat Rancho La [Read More]
A Gringo in Mexico’s 10 Travel Warnings for Baja California
BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO – I’m often asked by stateside friends about our family’s experiences traveling in and around Baja [Read More]