It’s almost a ritual in Toronto. You get up early on Saturday morning and head down to St. Lawrence Market, the best food market in the world according to National Geographic. After about an hour of merry-go-rounding the hood, searching for any place under ten bucks...
I love eating fish. And at my age, I will probably enjoy eating fish for the rest of my life. But will my children or my grandchildren have that same pleasure? Most of the world’s waters are now either being fished to their limit or overfished. With the world’s...
Most of the time Don Day’s Wife and I share the shopping duties. She tends to do the supermarkets. I tend to do the not so super markets. About every two weeks though we do what we call the big shop. This is the one where we replenish the laundry detergent, the...
Back in 2016, I had my first exposure to the Feed The Hungry San Miguel organization. It was a very moving experience. I had no comprehension of the enormous contribution this charity makes to our community. I published an article then that detailed the urgent need of...
February 29 is your last chance to vote in the SMART awards. It’s the annual event where I ask Don Day in SMA readers to tell me your favorite restaurants. SMART stands for San Miguel de Allende Readers Taste and, to vote, requires only a quick email. The only...
Our next San Miguel wine-pairing dinner will focus on some of Japan’s most celebrated dishes. Guest chef Satoru Takeda will join Chikatana chef Alejandra Landeros in creating four courses paired with local Mexican wines. ONE NIGHT IN TOKYO Yakigyoza Boiled and roasted...
Name the Mexican fine-dining dish most prepared outside of Mexico. OK, a clue, it doesn’t include a taco. OK, another clue, there are no chiles. The most prepared dish outside of Mexico is, according to Chef Flavio Ramirez Jr., the Caesar Salad. The extraordinary...
No, I’m not going to tell you which restaurants they are. 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 your favorite restaurants. SMART stands for San Miguel de Allende Readers Taste...
There are two good reasons to go to El Tupinamba: The tapas and the tunes. My favorite tapas are the croquetas, melt in your mouth Serrano ham and bechamel sauce, piled like glistening nuggets of gold in their silver rack. My favorite tunes are those strummed and...
I sat down amongst the oak barrels in a damp and dark shed this morning to talk to local vintner Natalia López Mota. Natalia and her husband Branko Pjanic own Cava Garambullo, a small winery located on the road to Dolores Hidalgo, about five kilometres from the center...
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