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Maya Kroth
Maya Kroth has interviewed a range of noteworthy characters, including an eccentric Tijuana architect, the leader of the Honduran congress, a Spanish sword-maker, and a team of hipster puppeteers. Her work has appeared in Foreign Policy, the Washington Post, the Christian Science Monitor, and TheAtlantic.com. She is currently writing a book about naps.

Maya Kroth’s Recent Articles

San Diego
Travel
Jan 18, 2017

Why No One Should Underestimate San Diego

When I first arrived in San Diego, shrouded in a thick cloud of Bay Area smug, I figured I'd give it a year.

Eat
Dec 6, 2016

Inside a Michelin-Starred Chef's Controversial Quest to Turn Fighting Bulls Into Gourmet Food

The beast is hitched to a team of draught horses that parades its limp mass around the plaza.

Eat
Aug 17, 2015

The Ultimate Tijuana Dining Guide

If all you ever get when you go to Tijuana is street meat and strip-club Coronas, 1) uh, we should totally be friends, and 2) you’re actually kinda sorta totally missing out on a TJ dining scene that has been in the throes of a full-on gastro-renaissance for the past few years.

Lifestyle
Jul 2, 2015

An Oral History of the Great San Diego Fireworks Fail of 2012

Every Fourth of July, half a million people trek out to San Diego’s parks and beaches to watch the Big Bay Boom, one of the West’s biggest fireworks displays.

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