Culinary Trends in Baja F ood-Lovers Appl aud R e volutionary B aja Cuisine
BajaTRAVELER® | 2017 – 2018 | 18th Anniversary
BY KARIN LEPERI | PHOTOS BY DAVID JOSUÉ
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The culinary movement in Baja California continues to garnish accolades from chefs, food aficionados, gourmands, and travelers alike for its boldness, freshness, and above all, its ability to explore and mine the full range of flavors from the sea and land. Think just-off-the-hook or vine, organic, sustainable, and creative and you capture some of the basic concepts that help define what is sometimes known as Baja Med. (Even Baja Med is a misnomer as it is not uncommon to see Mediterranean plus Asian ingredients done in a distinctively Mexican way.) Add phras-
