A Gringo in Mexico – Destinations, Food, Culture and Adventure South of the Border

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March 20, 2017 in Baja California // Remembering Ray
March 15, 2017 in Baja California // Around the World at Mantou Gastropub
March 3, 2017 in Baja California // 2nd Annual Sabor Latino Features Baja California Cuisine
February 27, 2017 in Baja California // An Open Invitation to Roger Waters: Play our Wall at the San Diego-Tijuana Border
January 26, 2017 in Baja California // MXCNAS: Elevating Mexico’s Female Chefs
December 29, 2016 in Baja California // A Gringo in Mexico’s Top 25 Baja Bites 2016
December 3, 2016 in Baja California // Baja California Cuisine Takes it’s Place on National Stage
November 22, 2016 in Baja California // KISS Army Mobilizes on Southern Border
November 9, 2016 in Baja California // Javier Plascencia’s LUPE Opens in the Valle de Guadalupe
November 1, 2016 in Baja California // Female Chefs Celebrated during 2016 Baja Culinary Fest
September 30, 2016 in Baja California // ¡La Pinche Linea! 10 Ways to Enjoy Your Wait at the San Ysidro Border Crossing
August 8, 2016 in Baja California // El Clavo Nails It in the Valle de Guadalupe
August 3, 2016 in Baja California // FIRST LOOK: Sabina Restaurante by La Guerrerense
June 14, 2016 in Cross Border // Mexican Chefs Do American Steakhouse in East County
April 22, 2016 in Baja California // Where to Eat and Drink in Mexicali
March 4, 2016 in Baja California // RESTORING VALOR
February 15, 2016 in Baja California // New Tijuana Culinary Workshop for Everyday People
February 9, 2016 in Baja California // And in this Corner…
January 19, 2016 in Baja California // Notes from the Mexicali Chinese Underground
December 29, 2015 in Baja California // 10 Baja California Culinary Favorites for 2015

Remembering Ray

VALLE DE GUADALUPE, B.C. – One of my favorite people in the Valle de Guadalupe winemaking community passed away suddenly yesterday. As the news and shock spread, I woke up [Read More]
Around the World at Mantou Gastropub

ENSENADA, BC – “Mantou” are a type of Chinese steamed bun and a carb staple of northern China, where wheat is more readily available than the rice grown and consumed in [Read More]
2nd Annual Sabor Latino Features Baja California Cuisine

SAN DIEGO – On Saturday, March 18th, 2017 from 1:00 – 5:00 PM, The 2nd Annual Sabor Latino Food, Beer & Wine Festival returns to the Fashion Valley Mall in San Diego. [Read More]
An Open Invitation to Roger Waters: Play our Wall at the San Diego-Tijuana Border

Dear Mr. Waters, My name is Scott Koenig. I write about food and culture in Mexico, with a focus on the state of Baja California — located just twenty minutes from our home [Read More]
MXCNAS: Elevating Mexico’s Female Chefs

SAN DIEGO – “Female chefs have been sidelined by a misogynist media in Mexico and the US that tends to only talk about the same male chefs time and time again,” Sergio [Read More]

Villa del Palmar at the Islands of Loreto. Luxury in a Rustic Paradise.

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LORETO, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR – When El Gringo visited Loreto on the coast of the Sea of Cortez in Baja California Sur in 2006, I was told by old Baja hands that the [Read More]
Loreto: Adventures in Dude Town

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Acapulco Puede! Digging out from Earthquake, Major Storms

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Tulum Ruins: The Gem of the Mayan Riviera

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WTF at Tijuana’s “The Kitchen”: 12 hedonists. 12 courses. 1 vision.

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TIJUANA – In the 1930’s, artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo were at the vortex of the “Mexican Renaissance”, surrounding themselves with an inner [Read More]
Female Chefs Celebrated during 2016 Baja Culinary Fest

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Mexico’s First Mall-Based “Food Hall” to Open in Tijuana

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RESTORING VALOR

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Remembering Ray

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VALLE DE GUADALUPE, B.C. – One of my favorite people in the Valle de Guadalupe winemaking community passed away suddenly yesterday. As the news and shock spread, I woke up [Read More]
2nd Annual Sabor Latino Features Baja California Cuisine

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An Open Invitation to Roger Waters: Play our Wall at the San Diego-Tijuana Border

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MXCNAS: Elevating Mexico’s Female Chefs

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