. We’ve had very bad year for organic tomatoes but lots of other things are doing well and the farmer’s markets are full of great stuff.

house type, but a varying menu that promises more as they get organized.

There’s also a 100% Natural by El Llano, which I was surprised to enjoy after living there for awhile, though it’s a less traditionally Mexican. The organic market on Fridays has veggie options, including one of the...

Mo is by Grossmont Center, just off Jackson Dr.? Right in front of BevMo is a professional baking school. Can’t remember their name either (must have had too much Mezcal last week), but I’d be willing to bet they use...

on organic hemp sprouts or whatever. I’m sorry, $5 for bread and butter (in New Haven, as part of a larger meal) is just wrong.

Damn, I wish we had a mexican cuisine equivilant restaurant of Kaito in San Diego – that would go through all these processes to honor tradition. That I admire. -Organic heirloom corn, nixtamalized in house - heritage breed...

and fantastic tequila/Mezcal offerings. There are many other good restaurants which have been posted in Charlotte threads if you’re looking for white tablecloth options. In Charleston, I love Fig, Peninsula grill,...

on the tastings.Cetto wines are usually the cheapest in a restaurant and a good value wine with dinner, but they do have better wines not on their tastings in a higher price range.Dona Lupe makes organic wines, but her real...

coffee and a cubano sandwich. I had no problem bringing back mole paste, vanilla beans, jamaica, mezcal, chocolate, dried chiles. Los Danzantes on the plaza makes a nice mezcal (we ate at the one in Oaxaca) and you can stop in...

/5 for fairly traditional fare (and the best tequila selection in BK!) - I’m partial to the Tres Queso Fundido (a mexican fondue), the chicken mole, the – well, anything just about. At a lower price point Los Pollitos...

to many of those already mentioned, i would add second helpings for their quick and yummy organic wraps and soups. (though the setting leaves much to be desired...)

://www.ianchadwick.com/tequila/ & www.itequila.org From Amazon - The Book of Tequila: A Complete Guide by Bob Emmons (a little stiff, but educational) The Tequila Lover’s Guide to Mexico and Mezcal: Everything There Is to...

Mezcal is also good here, so why don’t you come down here for the weekend? We welcome refugees from the land of Birkenstocks and intertextuality. Stay at the swanky new Study hotel.

with Carnaval, that just kind of happened. It’s only a short trip in which I plan to do some reconnaissance for a longer return trip in 2010. As for the Northern Mexico question...an organization to which I belong was...

organized. What is outsanding at Monte Alban? > Molotes (kind of like an empanada made from masa, they are stuffed with a chorizo-potato hash then garnished with Black Bean – Avocado Leaf paste, Aged Cheese & a Chiltomate...