As California's premier guest ranch, The Alisal transcends customary resort amenities.

From an intimacy typically reserved for private country clubs, to the immersement in nature reminiscent of backpacking, an alluring escape awaits.

Food historians tell us Tex Mex cuisine originated hundreds of years ago when Spanish/Mexican recipes combined with Anglo fare.

Tex Mex, as we Americans know it today, is a twentieth century phenomenon.

Chili, which some condsider Texas's state dish, was unknown in Mexico and derived from the ample use of beef in Texan cooking.