Conny Celis understands the popularity of the Mexican diet, so she minimizes fats and sugar by focusing on healthy homecooked meals.

History and production of Mexican sugarcane and its health benefits and risks.

Christmas Punch is the highlight of Mexico's seasonal drinks. Learn how to make it.

Clay adobe building bricks have been made by hand in Mexico for the past several hundred years. In El Tuito, one family is known for this.

Learn the meanings behind the decorated altars that are the central focus of Day of the Dead celebrations.

Hot, sweet churros are a popular street food in Puerto Vallarta.

A visit to the tortillaria in rural El Tuito, Mexico highlights how tortillas are made and sold.

For the best carmalized nuts and Mexican candies in Vallarta, visit Willy Wonka, aka as Jesus on Augustin Rodriguez.

One day while leading my walking tour along the cobblestones of central Vallarta, we happened upon several people dressed in old frontier...

Visit to a nopal cactus farm highlights the growing process and the health benefits of this nutritious plant.

Sprouts have always fascinated me since my hippy days in Oregon when everyone was growing their own along with making yogurt, baking...

A visit to Imperial Bee organic honey producers. Small family beekeepers thrive in Puerto Vallarta.

Shortly after I moved to Mexico in 2008, I happened on a woman selling whimsical paintings of hearts as I strolled along the Malecon,...

To truly enjoy a mango, you must eat it whole, with your hands, tearing the skin off with your teeth and sinking into the firm yellow...

Juan Gomez has been a cowboy forever. In fact, I think he was born riding a horse! He led us on my first cabalgata, Mexico’s answer to...

Ruben has been a chef and restaurant owner for years here in Vallarta. He had his own Greek restaurant, worked with his sister who owns...

Ada has been a friend since I first met her at an outdoor art show on the Rio Cuale here in Puerto Vallarta and was drawn to her colorful...

The stories about El Tuito’s local “moonshine” have existed for ages including its shadowy history of being illegally produced in remote...

Walking down Calle Aquiles Serdan recently, I was surprised to see a new shop which beckoned me in with its brilliant colors and unusual...

Who hasn’t had coconut in some form or another? Here in Mexico it is part of the regular diet. During the 16th century, Pacific coconuts...