By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS You might consider it a rare blessing during the covid-19 lockdown, but this year you won’t have to take your mom out on May 10 for a meal of rubber chicken breasts and dubious cream of something-or-other soup. But that does not — repeat, does not — excuse you from doing something special for her on Mother’s
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS What do you get when you cross the peppery-citrusy flavors of regional Yucatan cuisine with the smoky tastes of Argentine gaucho cookery? If you’re lucky, the answer is Sylvestre Artz, an unpretentiously elegant meat house in Mexico City’s southern Colonia Pedregal where spicy Yucatan achiote and habanero chillies are fused with the vaporous earthiness of a Pampas
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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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