So this very first all-by-myself post will just help you better get to know who the heck is writing this stuff.
I live in beautiful San Diego with my young son Fausto and my shih-tzu Yogo. I love food (obviously), traveling, Yoga, reading, being with my sister Carina and her girls, and have an unhealthy obsession with shoes. I grew up in Tijuana, Mexico and still cross the border into Tijuana a couple of times a week to visit my dad who still lives there. When I’m not traveling for work and am home in San Diego, I really just spend most of the time with my sister Carina, my brother Antonio and their kids. Maybe this is information best kept to myself but the truth is, I am my best, my very happiest, when I’m with my family. And when I’m not with them I’d rather stay home and read a book. To be completely honest, I need to work on being a little better at socializing.
People are always asking me what my favorite foods are and, surprisingly, my diet (and my son’s) consists of very simple foods. Local and seasonal ingredients lightly seasoned and grilled (be it meat, fish, poultry or veggies) are standard weeknight dinners at my house. Weekly visits to the farmer’s market with my boy (aka the rat, for future reference) are a must. He is an absolute Gastrokid (you must purchase this book by Hugh Garvey, he started at Bon Appetit Magazine as I was leaving for Paris.) He’s 5 and has a liking for sea urchin, octopus sashimi and salmon roe.
So this blog here is a little experiment. I want to know what you’d like me to write about. Mexican food will inevitably show up. So will my adventures as a single working mom feeding a kid with a palate of a 3-star Michelin chef. I’ll leave the dating part out because it makes me nauseous just thinking about it. I’ll let you know about the best places to get a REAL Mexican meal in town and which shoes I allowed myself to purchase to reward myself after signing some new contract.
I’ll be here, stuck on my computer as always, waiting for your feedback. Next week, the blog is all about my book Fresh Mexico; 100 simple recipes for true Mexican flavor (Random House) which comes out August 25th 2009. Hope to hear from you…Beso amores! Ciao!
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