Got a friend with a car? Tell them about Tres Raíces.

Got a friend with a car? Tell them about Tres Raíces.

I did a count today. There are now eleven wineries within an hour of San Miguel de Allende that welcome visitors. Five more if you add a few more minutes to the journey. Pick up a copy of the state government’s “Rutas del Vino de Guanajuato” and you might be tempted...
When it’s prime time, it’s time for a drive to California.

When it’s prime time, it’s time for a drive to California.

When mighty roast beef was the Englishman’s food, It ennobled our brains and enriched our blood. Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers were good. Oh! the roast beef of old England. Roast beef is in my blood. I was born in England…in Hereford, no less, home...
Art on the wall. Art on the plate. Mestizo.

Art on the wall. Art on the plate. Mestizo.

If you asked me which restaurant In San Miguel I think is the most attractive, I’d find it difficult, perhaps impossible, to answer. But if you broadened the geography to Guanajuato, the answer would be easy. My choice would be Mestizo. There is nothing hanging on...
Satisfying my San Miguel longing for longaniza.

Satisfying my San Miguel longing for longaniza.

I’ve always struggled with my sausage in Mexico. It’s just so hard to know what you’re getting until you take your first bite. You never know what parts of the animal are in there or sometimes even what kind of animal those parts came from, You...