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Mexico’s bestselling wines are some of Mexico’s best value wines.
I still read the New York Times. Not every Sunday but some Sundays. And yes, I would still prefer newsprint stains on my fingers, but...well...the electronic version is, not only more convenient, but a helluva lot cheaper. The page with the Times bestseller list is...
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“…the audacity to mix the spicy, the acid, the sweet, the salty and the bitter”
When I met Ernesto Narvaez, the executive chef at Zibu Allende, one of the first things he said to me was, “This is not my restaurant. All of that credit goes to Eduardo Palazuelos. It is his concept. It is his menu. It is my job to continue what he created.” Zibu...
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Today is the last day to vote for your favorite restaurants.
It’s the last day to vote for the SMART awards. The annual event where I ask Don Day in SMA readers to tell me their favorite restaurants. SMART stands for San Miguel de Allende Readers Taste and, to vote, requires only a quick email. The only guidance I ever give is...
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San Miguel’s very best restaurant.
No, I’m not going to tell you which restaurant it is. You’re going to tell me. For it’s time again for the SMART awards. The annual event where I ask Don Day in SMA readers to tell me their favorite restaurant. SMART stands for San Miguel de Allende Readers Taste and,...
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Pozole with what? Sardines?
When I knew that a new restaurant had Pozole Verde Guerrero on their menu, I knew I wanted Jack Jacobs as my date. Jack had helped me lose my pozole virginity at La Alborada over on Sollano about ten years ago. And in case you don’t know, a guy introducing you to...
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“See what the boys in the back room will have.” At Chikatana.
Is there anyone else out there old enough to remember Marlene Dietrich singing that song in Destry Rides Again? I was humming it to myself the other day when Don Day’s Wife and I were having lunch at Chikatana. I was thinking how tough it must be for Aleysha Serrato...
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Once a king.
I am an old guy. Older than about 95% of the world’s population. Which means I have had a greater opportunity to make mistakes in my life, have failures in my career, and perhaps have a few regrets about what I might have done or not done about them. There’s a movie...
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Bringing India to San Miguel. Every Friday.
It had already become a tradition when I lived in London in the late seventies. “Fancy some Indian after the pub closes?” “Pick up some Indian on the way home, please, love.” “Why don’t I just run out and get some Indian; Spurs are on Match of the Day.” It was one of...
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Whatever happened to Jeremiah Tower?
I moved to San Francisco in 1998 and...forget Alcatraz, Fisherman’s Wharf and the Golden Gate Bridge...there were two places I wanted to, not just go to, but experience: Chez Panisse and Stars. They were both restaurants and they had something very much in common....
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