Escamoles? Aren’t they the eggs of…?

Escamoles? Aren’t they the eggs of…?

Lent. For some it means one meal a day. For others it means no meat all day. For me it means something with four times more protein than a lot of meat. For me, it’s the start of escamol season. Escamoles. The first mention of them was early in the 16th Century, when...
El Xoconoxtle. Precios muuuy economicos! And worth every peso.

El Xoconoxtle. Precios muuuy economicos! And worth every peso.

There has definitely been what one Mexican friend recently called a “whitening of San Miguel restaurants” in recent years but there is one that is steeped in Mexican history, one that is like walking into a museum, one that takes me back to Mexican food, circa 1975,...
Soltribe. Everyone should go once. Vegans should go once a week.

Soltribe. Everyone should go once. Vegans should go once a week.

I liked Peter Levitan’s idea to lunch at a vegan restaurant. I’m intrigued by vegan cuisine. I wanted to see how far it had come from those not so good old days of celery smoothies and soyburgers. I wanted to know if a vegan restaurant could possibly tantalize my...
Chocolate pudding grows on trees in Mexico.

Chocolate pudding grows on trees in Mexico.

Chocolate pudding was the first dessert I ever remember making. I was about 12 years old and there was this exciting new product in my life. It was called instant pudding…not fast, not quick, but instant. It was instant bliss for a 12-year-old mainly because it...