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Wine dinner with Bogle Vineyards November 7th

Oct 19, 2011 Posted by ryan in A Taste of Mexico Food Blog, Restaurant | 0 comments

What a treat November 7th is going to be. To relaunch our first of the month dinners, we are bringing in one of the best, Bogle Vineyards. Sacramentans have much to be proud about having the Bogle winery just a stone’s throw away down the Sacramento River. Found in all 50 states as well as 20 different countries(trust me, I drank their wine in Mexico City!) Bogle has become a household...

Zocalo to partner with March of Dimes

Sep 21, 2011 Posted by ryan in A Taste of Mexico Food Blog | 0 comments

Tomorrow, September 22nd at 5pm, we will be one of the many restaurants catering a fundraiser dinner for the March of Dimes. This is the second time we have been asked to help and we are always thankful to participate. Along with catering we are auctioning off a dinner here at Zocalo for up to 20 people with a tequila pairing. Check out our video below to see what we may be possibly serving at...

Paella and Bogle Phantom a big success

Sep 1, 2011 Posted by ryan in A Taste of Mexico Food Blog, Community | 0 comments

We had a great time at Bogle Winery last weekend. The crew and I served various tapas to start the night off such as tortilla espanola with homemade chorizo, a bruschetta with a tomato spread and jamon serrano, and boquerones or white anchovies(one of my faves). The star of the night was the paella which we cooked on the lawn. Shrimp, chicken, kalamari, mussels, clams and roasted veggies were all...

Paella party with Bogle Vineyards

Aug 10, 2011 Posted by ryan in A Taste of Mexico Food Blog, Community | 0 comments

I am so happy to inform you that Bogle wine will have a home on our wine list. Very soon we will be offering their Sauvignon Blanc, my favorite with it’s great balance of fruit and crispness, and their Merlot, a deeper red wine that pairs great with many foods. To kick off the addition, we are throwing a paella party August 27th with the Bogle family at their winery in Clarksburg off...

From corn to tortilla

Aug 4, 2011 Posted by ryan in A Taste of Mexico Food Blog | 0 comments

This past Tuesday some of my crew and I visited, Mi Rancho Tortilla Factory, in Oakland. They produce the masa we use for our in house corn tortillas. What a treat. We made the switch to Mi Rancho a few months back because we fell in love with this particular masa. Manny, the owner, and myself went back in forth sampling different textures, colors, and flavors in the masa. The outcome is a flavor...