A day in Merida: The Paseo de Montejo
A travel guide for activities, food and shopping in Mexico's beautiful Mérida, Yucatan.
Yucatan, Mexico Planting Guide and Season Schedule
A planting calendar and basic outline for how to garden food in the sub-tropical urban climate.
Pink Salt Lakes, Yucatan Peninsula Mexico
There are plenty of beautiful natural sights to see around the Yucatan, from flamingos to cenotes, mangroves and mayan pyramids. However, for obvious reasons the pink salt lakes and ponds in the [...]
Visiting Celestún, Yucatan Mexico
A sleepy beach town in the middle of a protected state park that has one the the Yucatan's best flamingo viewing zones.
A guide to Uxmal Mayan Pyramids in Yucatan, Mexico
A visual guide and information about the Mayan ruins of Uxmal located in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico.
How the Mayas Join Two Families
A description of our Maya union ceremony in Merida Yucatan.
Nájera Jameson Mayan Ceremony, Mérida Yucatan: Highlights
A highlight real of our Mayan ceremony and party with English and Spanish descriptions.
How to Nixtamal Maiz
The ancient Aztecs discovered nixtamal, a way to process corn to make it easily digested and highly nutritious. This is a how to nixtamal, with homegrown maiz from our MILPA harvest.
How to Start Seed Saving
Why seed saving is important and and an introduction to the most basic seeds you can save, bonus local produce recipe.
Rosemary Summer Fudge
the story of how Yucatan has come to inspire my seasonal cooking, including my new summer fudge.