By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Italy will be the guest country of honor at the 11th Sabor es Morelos (Flavor is Morelos) international food festival, slated to take place in Cuernavaca on Saturday, Dec. 3, and Sunday, Dec. 4. “There will be more than 50 restaurants participating in the festival this year,” explained Morelos Tourism Secretary Julieta Godzweig Conejo during a press
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By RICH GRANT No trip to England is complete without seeing a redcoat. There’s no more iconic image of the British Empire than a redcoat soldier, either at a changing of the guard, protecting one of the royal palaces (as they have done for 362 years), or in paintings from Bunker Hill to Waterloo. And yet the place most people
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS It’s been called the “Soul of Mexico,” and for good reason. The central state of Michoacán, with its high mountainous terrain and deep Tarascan indigenous roots, is one of the most culturally diverse and historically rich regions in the country. Particularly famous for its folk arts — due in large part to the efforts of Vasco de
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexico’s City’s premiere Sicilian restaurant, María 138, turned six on Thursday, Aug. 25, and its owner, Cristina Maria Cialona, in true Sicilian (and true Cristina Maria Cialona) style, celebrated the occasion with an “intimate” gathering of some 150 of her closest friends, with a lavish night of pizza and prosecco Bellinis. And also true to Cristina Maria
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO The town of San José Iturbe, located in the northern part of Mexico’s central state of Guanajuato, is slated to host the fourth edition of a mestizo food festival on Saturday, Aug. 20, and Sunday, Aug. 21. The festival will include a combination of pre-Columbian and Spanish colonial dishes, with indigenous chefs from Mexico’s Chichimeca and Otomí
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Ah, brunch! That wonderful, leisurely, a-little-too-late-for-breakfast-but-not-late-enough-for-lunchtime, ideal-for-weekends, perfect-for-lingering-over morning repast that sends cautious calorie-counting and clock-watching to the wind and lets you savor a wholesome meal with friends and family without rushing off to work or breaking the bank. Indeed, a brunch can transform a simple poached egg into a gourmet luxury with a dab of hollandaise
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Rich in blood-pressure-lowering minerals like magnesium and potassium, and a compound known as mangiferin, which early studies suggest may help in reducing inflammation of the heart, mangos have been called the King of Fruits. And for good reason. Mangos, with their lush woody tang and creamy soft, high-fiber texture, are considered to be one of the most
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE “You’re the epitome of laziness.” “A life of leisure and laziness are two very different things.” “Some day, when I’m dead, you will wish you could get off your lazy bottom and do what I’m asking?” Did you hear any of these phrases growing up? If you did, you might feel guilty about many of
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Santi Triprakoso Wartono, wife of Indonesian Ambassador to Mexico Cheppy Triprakoso Wartono, hosted a lavish sit-down farewell luncheon for departing colleague Jennifer Treptow, wife of U.S. Embassy Department of Justice Attaché Walter Treptow, at the embassy’s offices on Friday, July 8. The Treptows, who has been in Mexico for three years, are being transferred back to their
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Most people know that olive oil is good for you. Rich in healthy monounsaturated fats (as opposed to saturated fats — found in many other cooking oils — that can lead to heart disease and other health problems), olive oil is composed of 11 percent polyunsaturates, like omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids, and a whopping 73 percent
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