My favorite San Miguel taco. Without the trip to a taco stand.

My favorite San Miguel taco. Without the trip to a taco stand.

They’ve never been places I’d purposefully go out to. They’re more places I’d just end up at when I’d go out. And, most often…which was very often…after a drink or two or maybe three. I’m talking about taco stands. The most basic yet the ultimate Mexican...
We all could use a little comfort now.

We all could use a little comfort now.

Comfort food. I wasn’t sure the term existed when I was a kid. So I looked it up. The Oxford English Dictionary officially added it to our vocabulary in 1997. Long after I was a kid. Long after my kids were kids.  Yet when I think of comfort food I think of dishes I...
Oooooooooeeeeeeeeee! San Miguel’s best food bargain is back.

Oooooooooeeeeeeeeee! San Miguel’s best food bargain is back.

I don’t think there’s a better restaurant value anywhere in town. And though I’m not even in San Miguel these days, I was very sad to see it disappear a couple of weeks ago.  Noren Caceres, chef/owner of one of San Miguel’s most reliable restaurants had, apart from...
A love story. In six chapters.

A love story. In six chapters.

I wrote what’s below back in January, with little intention of ever publishing it (the photos, especially, were never meant to be shared) and, if I remember right, it was written after a second bottle of wine was opened. A lot of what I wrote has little relevance in...