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. It's now available at the following … [Read more...]
WORLD FARE: The return of a king of seafood
They look like dinosaur toes but taste like the sweetest clams you’ve ever had with just a hint of lobster tossed into the mix. At worldwide prices around $80 per pound they can be the most expensive form of seafood in the world. They’re percebes, aka gooseneck barnacles. And, … [Read more...]
THE ART OF SPOONING: Seven Days in the Valle de Guadalupe…all in Two Half Hours (Ep. 20-21 and Video)
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 of Baja with W. Scott Koenig and Drew M. Deckman * * * The audio for … [Read more...]
THE ART OF SPOONING: Poke and Ceviche: Dishes or Concepts? (Part 2, Episode 15 and Video)
Here is the second part of Michael and Sheen's discussion with Nino "Neens" Camilo and Juan Carlos Récamier about poke and ceviche and their role in today’s food scene. The Podcast audio is now available at the following … [Read more...]
WORLD FARE: Time traveling on a boat of romaine at Caesar’s Restaurante
When the successful restaurant group Grupo Plascencia bought Caesar’s Restaurante Bar (Av. Revolución at 5th, Tijuana), it certainly wasn’t predatory business opportunism. It was a bet on Tijuana’s future, on themselves and on a salad. This was in 2008, at the height of Tijuana’s … [Read more...]