Mexico City Travel Guide
Worlds Best Food Tours and Culinary Walks, All Tried and Tested
The worlds best food tours and culinary walks have provided us with some of our most unforgettable food memories, from inhaling fresh herbs and fragrant spices at local markets to savouring street food treats at [...]
My Year in the Kitchen: Favourite Dishes From Around the Globe
One of the things we love most about holiday rentals over hotels is that we're able to cook and eat 'at home'. Because unless you’re Keith Floyd (one of my inspirations as a wannabe cook [...]
Michelada Recipe – A Spicy Mexican Beer Cocktail with a Kick
Our michelada recipe makes the spicy Mexican beer cocktail that has a kick. If you haven't tried a michelada before, you need to make one now. We sampled our first michelada at Mexico City's La [...]
Guide to the 21st Century Capital: David Lida’s Mexico City
As a travel writer, I love reading quality writing about travel and places. Sadly, I’m disappointed by much of what I read today. I finish most stories wanting more. Not more words – the length [...]
Mexico Take-Homes: Colourful Keepsakes, Practical Souvenir Ideas
The markets and shops of Mexico are crammed with colourful keepsakes. After all the research I did for you in Mexico City on folk art and handicrafts and stationery souvenirs, I couldn't move on empty-handed. Here are some practical souvenir ideas from [...]
Chef Martha Ortiz of Dulce Patria and Modern Mexican Cuisine
Chef Martha Ortiz of Dulce Patria opened her new restaurant at the beautiful Las Alcobas boutique hotel in Polanco just before we left the Mexico capital, Mexico City. Booked solid for two weeks, we were lucky to [...]