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 to no less than a dozen tributes to Ray Magnussen on Facebook this morning, along with an outpouring of love for his wife and [Read More]
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. The culinary event is part of the 24th San Diego Latino Film Festival, one of the largest events of its kind in the United [Read More]
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 in San Diego across the Mexico-United States border. I’m a big fan of your music, your artistic vision, your conviction, [Read More]
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 Muñoz, writer, businessman, and financier recently shared with us. His new project, MXCNAS (pronounced Mexicanas), focuses [Read More]
MEXICO CITY – Baja California and its cuisine were represented again this year at the World Forum on Mexican Gastronomy (FMGM) held at the National Arts Center (CENART) in Mexico City. The fourth annual event was conceived and presented by the Cultural Conservatory for Mexican [Read More]
TIJUANA – Explosions were heard in the vicinity of Estadio Gasmart in Tijuana’s del Cerro neighborhood Saturday night, as the city’s 10,000-strong battalion of the KISS Army massed to defend their right to Rock and Roll All Night – and presumably – Party Every Day. Making their landing on [Read More]
VALLE DE GUADALUPE – Forget the Javier Plascencia you think you know: the celebrity chef who appears on national network cooking shows; the restaurateur and heir to the family business who deals with the details of his high-profile Bracero Cocina de Raiz in San Diego; the auteur who tweezed his [Read More]
TECATE – Held in and around the oak-shaded organic gardens of La Cocina Que Canta – the famous wellness retreat Rancho La Puerta’s cooking school – October 27th’s El Sabor de Mujeres de Baja featured dishes from 15 of Baja California’s top female chefs, Valle de Guadalupe [Read More]
TIJUANA — The San Ysidro border crossing between San Diego and Tijuana is the world’s busiest point of entry — processing around 300,000 commuters daily. And today, as you return relaxed, refreshed, and reinvigorated from your long weekend in Baja California, it feels like every single one of [Read More]
RAMONA, CALIFORNIA – When I heard that Mario Medina was taking over the kitchen at American steakhouse The Main Course Restaurant in Ramona, I couldn’t make the connection. When I met chef Mario – originally from Mexico City – he was executive chef at Finch’s in La Jolla, where he [Read More]
A Gringo in Mexico 