It had nothing at all to do with religion. It was just what everyone did on a Friday. And I loved every moment of it, fatty batter and all. On each and almost every Friday, I ate fish and chips. So imagine how I felt when I saw some almost-bring-me-to-tears news this...
We had three very good reasons to be celebrating at Mario’s Mariscos Frescos. It was the restaurant’s eighth anniversary. They had recently become the number one ranked San Miguel de Allende restaurant. And it was the start of the sierras arriving from Mazatlan....
Lima and I got off to a rocky start. My first time there was when the restaurant was in San Miguel’s Mercado Carmen. I asked the very charming server to bring me the dish that the chef was most proud of. The chef’s recommendation was Linguine Huancaina with Cortes de...
“Lord thunderin’ Jesus, bye, those aren’t lobsters. Lobsters got two big arms.” I’m from north of the 49th parallel, from the country that eats more lobster, per capita, than any other country in the world. The lobster we Canadians eat comes from cold waters. It has...
I had been starving for a new Mexican cookbook for quite a while. Yet there it was. Sitting on that virtual shelf of my local library. Easily discovered in the cuisine section of their e-books selection since last year. The title was My Mexico City Kitchen. Not the...
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...
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