It started with an email from Marco Massarotti, the chef/owner of San Miguel de Allende’s Casa Nostra. “Have a look at this offer, it is a great bargain”, it read. I did look and I did think it was an irresistible deal. The seller was my favorite wine seller. The...
It was Flavio Junior who messaged us. He was coming to San Miguel to do a little consulting for a restaurant and wanted us to check it out. Unless you’ve hired him to cater a party for you, you’d have to be a San Miguel old-timer to know Flavio. He deserted us and ran...
It was the numbers that, initially, led us to the restaurant. First, I’d been desperate for a new “local” and the place was only two blocks from mi casa. Second, they had not one but two oyster dishes on their website menu and, as much as I love the oysters at Hank’s...
In 1974, I made the shivery-scary move from small town to big city. Toronto was my first and only choice. It was absolutely the right decision and I have a long list of fond memories from those first few years. The prime addresses on my memory lane were the...
Corn. It’s Mexico’s most important food product. An essential ingredient in so many of the country’s dishes. Once considered sacred and worshipped by the Mayans, the Olmecs and the Aztecs. It is estimated that corn was first domesticated in Mexico 9,000 years ago,...
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