Our island is changing and continues to grow. Just this past year they paved paradise and put in a Sam’s Club along with Bodega Aurrera (Mexican Walmart). To some this was/ is a negative as it sort of changes the landscape of Cozumel (sorry folks when you build the Sam’s amidst the concrete jungle downtown [...]
What a week! I have finally made it through one of my busiest weeks for Cozumel Chef and I can now reflect on that wonderful weekend getaway my husband and I took a few weeks ago to Isla Holbox. When we decided to take this trip we knew that by mid-December we would need a [...]
One slice of Dominos pizza and…
3 empanadas
1 kibi
1 cochinita taco
water LOTs of water
1 bowl of Sopa de Lima & tortilla chips
1 whole fried Caribbean fish & civeche
and a sweet Mexican pastry to go!
What these athletes accomplished…
2.4 mile swim
112 mile bike
26.2 mile run
When I write out these numbers I am like WOAH what an amazing feat. [...]
Last year at this time I was fairly new to the island and desperately looking for ways to immerse myself within the culinary community. I followed Mexican related food blogs and local foodies on Facebook seeking those that loved food as much as I did. One individual I noticed was closely related to an upcoming [...]
But we will treat you like family….that is my motto when I meet people who take a Cozumel Food Tour with me or want to spend time cooking with me for a Culinary Technique Class. I find that when you provide a personal experience you not only open up the possibility to meeting wonderful, interesting [...]
It has now been over a year and half since I have moved to Mexico and what a journey it has been. Looking back at it all it is amazing how much has changed. From my daily life behind a corporate desk to moving to Cozumel, Mexico with my boyfriend who now I call husband…woah! [...]
According to Chef Carla Hall, a former Top Chef contestant “There is man law and there is chef law”. Yes, this was in reference to “food plagiarism”, but I think that Chef Carla is right about being an unspoken “chef law”.
I noticed this “law” after my first stage at The Blue Bottle Cafe in Hopewell, [...]
About a month ago, Pawel came home one Sunday morning from tennis with a delicious surprise. Warm cochinita pibil tortas. Cochinita pibil is a traditional Yucatecán pork dish that is marinated in citrus-bitter orange, annato and slow-roasted in a banana leaf.
The pork comes out so tender and juicy that it just pulls apart in shreds [...]
I know that today is Cinco de Mayo and that I should be writing about my favorite guacamole or taco, but to be honest living in Mexico it’s not that big of deal as it is in the states. Sure, today marks the day of the Mexican army’s short-lived victory against the French in 1862 in [...]
There is a buzz on the island that things are changing, the island is growing. Don’t be mistaken all of this is true. If you drive far back enough in town you will see a lot that has recently been bulldozed for the future home of Sam’s Club. As the landscape of this tiny Caribbean [...]
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