Category Archives: Food

Christmas Fare?

This eight (seven, six? – I never can work out what counts and what doesn’t) -pointer was comfortably grazing below my studio window in Stone Ridge last week as the crack of rifles could be heard not far away in … Continue reading

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Upper West Side Tacos

As luck will have it, we are not deprived of great Mexican food when we are in the big manzana. The Super Tacos truck parks on 96th street at Broadway each evening, as it has done for the last 15 … Continue reading

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Spicy Rat

Spicy Rat – Ratatouille with some Jalepeño pepper added for a bit of an additional kick. As you can imagine, the prep here (all done by hand) is somewhat time-consuming, but if you are stuck in Houston International waiting for … Continue reading

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Gringas? or Gringas?

Our favorite puesto de tacos (taco truck), is parked every evening at 8 outside the Biblioteca here in San Miguel. We eat here regularly, and to the amazement of many of our gringo friends are still alive. But the favorite … Continue reading

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The Country – Too Much Uncooked Meat Running Around

When we arrived at our upstate house last week we were confronted with this doe, with a “what the hell do you think you are doing here” expression on its face. To some folks this is very cute. To Helga … Continue reading

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The Oaxaca cheese lady

Every Tuesday when we can, we visit the Tianguis, or open air market, held at the top of the hill above SMA. One of our favorites here is the best Oaxaca (pronounced Wa-haka) string cheese on the face of the … Continue reading

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