Oliver Sacks- Friend and Mentor
On his 80th birthday, I wrote the following to Oliver Sacks, famed neurologist, student of human conditions, author of seminal book such as Awakenings, An Anthropologist on Mars, Migraine, Uncle Tungsten, Oaxaca Journal, Musicophilia, and other fascinating books that...
Stuffed Suckling Pig with Isthmian Fruit Picadillo (Cochinito con picadillo de frutas)
This is not an easy dish to make but it is a great dish. Rather than being difficult, it is time-consuming. It’s the kind of dish you make on a rainy or snowy day when you want a project such as the when we participated in Island Pig or was it Pig Island? We...
Guanajuato – The City
I have a new love!! Or is it an old one revisited? I went to Guanajuato to see another dream fulfilled. I always wanted to be in a movie and I have a small singing role in Moronga, a black comedy that had its premiere at the Guanajuato Film Festival on July 26,...
Griddle Roasting Vegetables
You can watch the video on griddle roasting here
The many lives of Zarela Martínez
Culinary legend Zarela Martínez introduced finely tuned, highly researched regional Mexican cuisine to a national stage, and has continued to blaze trails for more than three decades.