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SAN DIEGO CITYBEAT: Help needed — Bourdain’s impact will be felt forever but larger industry questions linger

August 9, 2018 mgardiner

© 2018 Photo illustration by W. Scott Koenig Original published article at http://sdcitybeat.com/culture/features/help-needed/ It’s a quintessentially human response to tragedy: look for meaning. Faced with a death, whether a beloved family member, a hero or even sometimes a … [Read more...]

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THE ART OF SPOONING: Seven Days in the Valle de Guadalupe…all in Two Half Hours (Ep. 20-21 and Video)

May 9, 2018 mgardiner

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...]

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WORLD FARE: The passion of Doña Esthela

September 20, 2017 mgardiner

You never forget the first time—I certainly didn’t—and you always want it to be that way. It rarely is. So it was for me with the real Mexican food I’d been privileged enough to taste as a child. Those flavors, created by middle-aged women rolling out their own tortillas, became … [Read more...]

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WORLD FARE: Drowning in torta goodness at El Gallito

May 2, 2017 mgardiner

Just about anything taken to its logical extreme falls apart. The torta ahogadas (“drowned tortas”) of Guadalajara are an example of that. They take the Mexican torta to its logical extreme, and they certainly fall apart. However, there is definitely nothing wrong with that. In … [Read more...]

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