By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Talk about upping your game. Italianni’s – the nationwide Italian restaurant chain that started off 20 years ago as a mediocre take-out pizza joint with service to rival the likes of United Airlines back in 2017 when it had its henchmen drag a 69-year-old off a flight out of Chicago in order to make space for a
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The STK brand has been around for more than a decade – developed by the New York-based ONE Group hospitality corporation to be the the millennials’ answer to the upscale steakhouse made hip and trendy by sleek décor and a soft (or sometimes not-so-soft) rock lounge atmosphere. In fact, since the ONE Group opened its first STK
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The cacao tree may be native to Mexico, but most culinary experts agree that the best chocolate in the world is produced in Europe, primarily in Switzerland, France and Belgium. And while Mexico still produces cacao beans for national and export consumption, the best producers worldwide are generally considered to be Venezuela, Brazil, the Ivory Coast, Madagascar,
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS There are some destinations that are worth visiting just because of their sheer spectacular natural scenery, and some destinations that are worth visiting because of the unrivaled attention and dining you can enjoy there. The St. Regis Punta Mita Resort is both. Located on a sequestered 1,500-acre private peninsula in the central eastern Mexican state of Nayarit,
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced a new and expanded basket of basic food items on Tuesday, Jan. 29. The new basic food basket, considered essential for all Mexicans, contains 40 products, nearly double the 23 items in the previous basket. In addition to beef, chicken, pork, bread, eggs, and fresh and
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Despite its swank address inside the upscale Artz Shopping Mall in Mexico City’s upscale Colonia Jardines de Pedregal – and the hefty prices that come with that locale – there is a distinctive downhome feel to the newly opened Negroni Artz restaurant. A glassed-in patio with simple wood and wicker chairs at graciously linened tables and a
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The American Benevolent Society (ABS) hosted its annual Thanksgiving Day luncheon at Christ Church Anglican-Episcopal Parish in Mexico City’s Colonia Lomas de Chapultepec, on Thursday, Nov 22, with turkey, dressing and all the trimmings. Nearly 100 people attended the lavish, sit-down feast, which began with an assortment of cream cheese and jalapeno chile jam and coriander mousse canapés
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS There’s no dish more Spanish than ham – the country’s legendary fatty cured pork – and no ham more delicious than jamón ibérico, produced from the acorn-grazed, black-hoofed Iberian pigs found only in the mountainous southern and southwestern regions of that European nation. But while most Mexicans are more than willing to savor the wonderfully air-cured pork
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The American Benevolent Society (ABS) will host its traditional Thanksgiving Day luncheon on Thursday, Nov. 22, at 1:30 p.m. at Christ Church, located at Monte Escandinavos 405, on the corner of Sierra Madre, in Mexico City’s Colonia Lomas de Chapultepec. The meal will include all the usual Thanksgiving favorites, including turkey, sage dressing and
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS They are the most prized and highly coveted wines in the world, and with good reason. Bordeaux wines, produced in the southwestern corner of France, are renowned for their tangy fruitiness, elegant balance and gracefulness in aging, traits that have made them the international gold standard for vintner excellence. Divided into five main sections, Bordeaux (the name
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