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The Gold standard

It´s lunch time in Guadalajara and we´re in a taxi withJonathan Gold and his wife, Laurie Ochoa, rocketing our way across town. Jonathan has a slip of paper in his hand, which he and the taxi driver periodically consult and discuss.

It´s the address to Lonche-rita:La Lonche-rita


...a tiny restaurant with a handful of tables, whose owner had met Jonathan at the book fair the day before. proprietors of Lonche-rita

She and her husband (names to come later, I can´t find the business card) are on an Alice Waters-like quest to showcase regionally grown food and wine and liquors. First thing to the table, a lovely guacamole topped with...

Next entry: Further adventures in la vida mexicana

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