WORLD FARE: Excellence at Laja in the Valle de Guadalupe
The tall-poppy syndrome is a social phenomenon—prominent in Australia, New Zealand and Canada—in which people of distinction (“tall poppies”) are cut down for the simple “crime” of elevating themselves...
View ArticleWORLD FARE: Finca Altozano isn’t just in the Valle de Guadalupe
It’s tempting to think about the new Baja food scene in dualistic terms: tacos, mariscos and birria sold from roadside stands on one hand, and BajaMed—the celebrated high-end cuisine fusing Mexican...
View ArticleWORLD FARE: Getting to the heart of the Valle at Corazon de Tierra
Charlemagne the Truck struggled on the rutted incline, tires spinning on loose dirt, four-wheel drive be damned. Could the best restaurant in the Valle de Guadalupe—one of the 50 best in Latin...
View ArticleWORLD FARE: In the open in El Jardin
I’m not good with disguises and trying would have been worthless. I’d cooked with Ryan Steyn, chef-owner of El Jardin por Ryan Steyn (El Porvenir, Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California), the week before....
View ArticleTHRILLIST: THE VALLE DE GUADALUPE IS MEXICO’S WINE COUNTRY THAT YOU NEED TO...
We’ve been looking the wrong way. For years, San Diegans have been told our wine country lies just north of the county line, in Temecula. But maybe we should have been focusing on a different line: the...
View ArticleTHRILLIST: Why You Absolutely Need to Take a Trip Down to Tijuana, Mexico
Back in the day, when I went to Tijuana I didn’t have a guidebook. I just had a friend I’ll call Paco, one of my best high school buddies. His last name happened to match that of Tijuana’s mayor at the...
View ArticleTHE ART OF SPOONING: Seven Days in the Valle de Guadalupe…all in Two Half...
In Episodes 20 and 21 of The Art of Spooning podcast — Seven Days in the Valle de Guadalupe…all in Two Half Hours — Michael and Sheen discuss the Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California and the new cuisine...
View ArticleTHE ART OF SPOONING: Zorro Blanco y Zorro Negro do the Valle Food & Wine...
In Episode 32 – Zorro Blanco y Zorro Negro do the Valle Food & Wine Fest, Part 1 — Michael and Sheen talk with Fernando Gaxiola and Andrew Spurgin about the Valle Food & Wine Fest and more....
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