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Rancho La Puerta and La Cocina que Canta

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Rancho La Puerta and La Cocina que Canta: Can sustainable and healthy actually translate into Chocolate Coconut Flan?  Ask Kristin Díaz de Sandi. Written for Baja.com by  Kristin Díaz de Sandi  of  Life & Food . Kristin Díaz de Sandi’s Life & Food blog, created in conjunction with her husband Antonio, has helped drive recognition of the gastronomic resurgence of Baja California.  She and Antonio have merged efforts with colleagues Bill Esparza and Jason Thomas Fritz to create Club Tengo Hambre, a roving supper club, that explores food and wine cuisine in Baja. Tecate , was recently accredited as a “Magical Town” by the ministry of Tourism of the Federal Government. This is …

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Asao Restaurant in Tecate: Fresh, Local Gastronomy

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Asao Restaurant Written for Baja.com by  Kristin Díaz de Sandi of  Life & Food . Kristin Díaz de Sandi’s Life & Food blog, created in conjunction with her husband Antonio, has helped drive recognition of the gastronomic resurgence of Baja California.  She and Antonio have merged efforts with colleagues Bill Esparza and Jason Thomas Fritz to create Club Tengo Hambre, a roving supper club, that explores food and wine cuisine in Baja.   Enjoy the unique flavors and dishes made with fresh and local ingredients in Tecate , Baja California. Asao translates to “comer” or to eat in Kumiai . Such a small word, with so much meaning, and more …

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44th Tecate SCORE BAJA 500 begins this Friday

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By Michele Joyce Off-road driving has long been the stuff of Baja lore. They say that a man called Outdoor Franklin was the first to drive from Tijuana to Santa Rosalia, back when off-road driving was the only way to travel through the area. By the 1940s, adventurers and sports drivers in pickups and Jeeps coming down from California were common on the peninsula. Even after the Transpeninsular was completed in 1973, a vast network of unpaved roads covered much of Baja. In fact, only a year later, in 1974, the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 was officially born (though it …

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Life on the Plaza in Tecate

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By Carla White In winter, it can be chilly under the large shade trees that surround this quaint, authentic plaza in Parque Hidalgo, Tecate ; so, why not enjoy it by going to Lalo’s restaurant and getting a steaming hot coffee or chocolate drink?  In spring, summer and autumn, this small zocalo buzzes with activity and life, and these are the best times to settle under an umbrella at an outdoor café and observe life as it strolls, bounces, or skateboards by. The plaza is the central part of town and, no matter which direction you are coming from, it is …

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Tecate—the ‘Heart of Baja’

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By Carla White It is quite simply one of the most ‘visitable’ towns in  Baja, CaliforniaTecate . The ‘Heart of Baja’, Tecate is at the border between San Diego County and Baja California.  Just 35 minutes from Tijuana , 45 minutes from San Diego and 90 minutes from Mexicali , the town that was founded in 1892 exudes the character of a quaint Mexican hamlet. It also offers a ‘northern door’ to Mexico’s wine country in Baja, which – in the Valle de Guadalupe – is just a couple of hours drive from the border. Tecate is often referred to as being ‘mystical’, a …

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