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...
You might have seen it on Salida a Celaya! Looking very slick. Looking very much like a chain. And the last thing I want to be linked to is a chain. But I was intrigued. Not as a foodie but as an entrepreneur. I may seldom eat at fast food chains but I have tremendous...
I spent my holidays on the Yucatan Peninsula and, as on all of my travels, food was a focus. There was one regional specialty though that might come as a surprise to you. It’s a locally celebrated cheese called queso de bola, a cheese that you might better know as...
Back in 2011, I wrote a piece titled “What San Miguel de Allende is screaming about”. It was about ice cream, more specifically about what San Miguelenses thought was the town’s best ice cream. I first did an online survey to select the favorite brand. The results...
You’ll find it in quite a few countries. With quite a few different names. The one most internationally talked about is bresaola, the one from Northern Italy. The one I’m going to talk about is cecina, the one you’ll find here in Central Mexico. I decided to talk...
I was particularly impressed by a couple of wines that won gold recently at the Seléctions Mondiales des Vins Canada and thought I’d tell you why. Now usually when I see a press release from some international wine competition, I’ll see if any of them are affordable...
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