"Life's a Beach"

At The Fairmont Mayakoba, Riviera Maya hotel, the first course is value. This fall, the AAA Five Diamond resort is introducing "Appetite for Luxury", a savory all-inclusive Playa del Carmen vacation package highlighting the resort's award-winning cuisine. With an abundance of unique dining options and the ease of having an entire ...

Great news for foodies in Quintana Roo! The First Annual Cancun-Riviera Maya Wine & Food Festival has been announced for March 15-18, 2012. It's a culinary all-star line up with such notable Chefs as Jacques Pepin, Patricia Quintana, Aaron Sanchez, Ingrid Hoffman and the incomparable Ferran Adria among many others! Festival highlights ...

The John Gray Restaurant Group is pleased to announce the introduction of a new menu concept in both of its Riviera Maya restaurant locations. Beginning in May, John Gray’s Kitchen in Puerto Morelos and John Gray’s Place in Playa del Carmen will introduce a fixed price menu. Guests will be able to choose from a selection of Chef ...

Recently, Wicky's Restaurant and Beach Club played host to a group of the Riviera Maya's top chefs, a squad of culinary masters representing some the region's finest luxury resorts. Wicky's Chef Pepe Barientos was joined by Chef Humberto Macedo from Parque Xel Ha, Chef Jorge Hidalgo from Hotel Valentin Imperial Maya and Chef Efrian ...

By popular demand, two more dates have been added for the Mexican Wine and Tequila Seminar presented by Sommelier Alexandre Rioux . Reservations are available for March 24 and March 31. Please contact Cat Brown at cat@purtomorelosliving.com for further details and to reserve a seat for this fun and educational class or book online through the The ...

Last Tuesday I was invited once again to participate in a seminar at The Little Mexican Cooking School in Puerto Morelos. Having thoroughly enjoyed my experience in their regular cooking classes, I was certain that this special seminar, focusing on Mexican Wines and Tequilas, would be just as interesting and informative. Our presenter for the day ...

When I received the email last week from Catriona Brown in Puerto Morelos, I really wasn't sure what to expect. An empty seat had come available in her interesting new endeavor, The Little Mexican Cooking School and she invited me to sit in on the class. I had been receiving information about these classes from the founders Cat and Patti ...

The Little Mexican Cooking School officially hangs out its shingle on December 8th and will continue with what they call ‘cooking class adventures’ every Tuesday and Thursday until the end of April.   The school was born as a result of the passions of Australian, Catriona Brown and Canadian, Patti Murphy, both ...

Life in Playa del Carmen just keeps getting better and better! When we moved here, almost five years ago, the options for foodies and oenophiles were very limited. Having sold fine wine in a previous life, the transition from my gourmet lifestyle took me by surprise. Certainly, I had never expected to have the variety that I was accustomed to back ...