Why I’m Here When I first got an Email from Ben asking me advice on opening a Mexican restaurant in Cali, Colombia I gave him the same advice I always give to someone who wants to open a restaurant with no experience: Don’t be a ****ing idiot! But it turned out that this young (27 […]
Everyone goes to the Tuesday Market. Locals, expats, visitors. Housemaids, chefs, restaurant and bodega owners. Farmers, of course, who go to sell their produce, eggs, chickens. Entrepreneurs with stands of nuts and candies, CD’s, clothing(literally Tons of clothing), small kitchen equipment, hand made cheeses, chorizo, fish trucked in from the west coast, honey, agua frescas, […]
For many years we’ve been celebrating Thanksgiving in San Miguel. For the past seven or eight years my Dad has flown down from North Carolina to spend Thanksgiving week with us, but last year he and his friend Cathy decided that late November in San Miguel was too cold for them. Really? My Dad is […]
I keep reading in various travel and food publications that San Miguel de Allende is becoming a major culinary destination in Mexico, even in the world. I just don’t see it yet. True, the culinary scene has improved dramatically in the 15 years we’ve been coming here. Time was you couldn’t get a decent cup […]
People in the US ask us “Don’t you get tired of Mexican food?” and the answer is no, never. It’s a varied cuisine, using a variety of fruits, vegetables, chiles and herbs that we can only dream of in Vermont, especially in winter. Richard makes a mean Huevos Rancheros, we always have fresh Pico de […]
It’s pretty obvious what I do in Mexico – I shop for food, think about food, eat food, then cook food. I experiment with the chiles, fruits and seasonal vegetables I find in the market, then serve my experiments to friends and family, then do it again. But what, you may ask, does Richard do? […]