During the May meeting of the Culinary Arts Society of Ajijic (CASA) members competed in two categories: main dish salads and pies and tarts. While judges Pedro Palmer, Margery Eddington and Andrew Robertson tasted and tallied the results of the contest, Steve Alvarez, owner of Las Playas Pescaderia in San Antonio Tlayacapan spoke to the group about fresh fish.

Maru Toledo is author of at least 19 cookbooks, typically filled with fascinating anecdotes, interviews, and, of course, recipes, all reflecting aspects of Jalisco’s oral tradition, which is disappearing.

An absorbing episode of BBC Radio Four’s “Food Programme” featuring British-born Mexican food guru Diana Kennedy, which aired on June 29, is available as a podcast.