This morning I showed Félix a photo I took of an Icelandic horse, a rather stumpy but powerful fellow with a beautiful long mane. I thought I'd shock Félix by telling him that some people in Iceland eat horsemeat.It's what's for dinner. Hah! You have to get up early in the morning to shock Félix. Sure, he …
Tag: tacos de cabeza
Tacos and chilis, with a dash of fumes
Paris has its very Left Bank sidewalk cafe Les Deux Magots, on Place Saint Germain de Prés, where the likes of Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus sat for hours noodling their own depressing thoughts about the Human Condition, over one sip of espresso after another. San Miguel has a famous roadside eatery too--Alex Tacos--a here-now-gone-in-three-hours …
Bugs in your tacos
A tantarria perched on Félix' finger.Tantarrias gathered on a mesquite.The redoubtable Félix, our gardener and fountain of information on all things Mexico, two days ago showed me these gorgeous bugs which had just appeared on our scraggly blackberry bush. They looked a bit like cockroaches except for the precise and intricate markings that resembled some …
El Rancho Santa Clara 