Traditions & Culture

Channel1/CBS Teen Channel & Food is Art

Channel1/CBS Teen Channel & Food is Art

Answered prayers or letters to answer. It never ceases to amaze me how sometimes when you get to the point of asking yourself: “Why am I doing this?  For me that means spending endless hours on my website that when... (Continue reading)

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New Orleans Revisited

New Orleans Revisited

I hadn’t been to New Orleans since pre- Katrina and oil spill days.  At that time,  New Orleans was the capital of regional American cooking and Chef Paul Prudhomme ’s had taken the country by storm.   I went to... (Continue reading)

Where – or when does regional cuisine begin or end?

Where – or when does regional cuisine begin or end?

Where – or when does regional cuisine begin or end by Pedro de Aguinaga translated by Andrew Shaw I have the pleasure of presenting to you this lovely piece written by my good  friend  Pedro de Aguinaga that I originally... (Continue reading)

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Food is Art – upcoming Events

Food is Art - upcoming Events

Food is Art, the project my daughter, Marissa Sanchez-Bastien and  I coordinate for the Mexican Cultural Institute is really taking off with chefs and food producers from all over the country and Mexico submitting proposals for ... (Continue reading)

Meeting my idol or heroine in Mexico City

Meeting my idol or heroine in Mexico City

The first serious, scholarly yet appealing book I bought or was given was a book on Pre-Hispanic ingredients called La Presencia de la Comida Prehispanica, written by Teresa Castello Yturbide who,  I think is  a distant relative of the viceroy,... (Continue reading)

Food is Art Last-Minute Event with Susana Trilling

Food is Art Last-Minute Event with Susana Trilling

Upcoming Last Minute Food is Art Event Food is Art is proud to announce a last-minute addition to its calendar of events.  We invite you  to meet and greet  Susana Trilling at a cocktail party at my home on Friday, ... (Continue reading)

Food is Art

Food is Art

PAST EVENTS June 25, 2010, 6 – 9 PM Upcoming Last Minute Food is Art Event Food is Art is proud to announce a last-minute addition to its calendar of events. We invite you to meet and greet Susana Trilling... (Continue reading)

To Mother’s everywhere

To Mother's  everywhere

Our ranch, San Pedro de Ojitos,  painted by my father, Jose Martinez Solano in 1968 and crookedly photographed by me.  My house tilts! ... (Continue reading)

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San Blas by Pedro de Aguinaga

San  Blas by Pedro de Aguinaga

I asked my dear friend Pedro, a wonderful writer and a good illustrator, to write some articles for me in Spanish.  This sweet piece tells about how his father used to plan the routes for their frequent ... (Continue reading)

Ballet Folklorico de Mexico and Muralism Without Walls -Mexican Cultural Institute

Ballet Folklorico de Mexico and Muralism Without Walls -Mexican Cultural Institute

The highlight of my first trip to Mexico City when I was a teenager was seeing the Ballet Folklorico de Mexico at Bellas Artes, the mostly art-deco theater with the splendid Tiffany curtain.  I was enthralled but that was many... (Continue reading)