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Taco the town

Mar 04, 2021

These seven spots will fill your tortillas (and your stomach) with joy

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Eat City
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Taco the town

Mar 04, 2021

These seven spots will fill your tortillas (and your stomach) with joy

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February 18, 2021

Feb 18, 2021
Taco the Town | 'Not an Oil and Gas State' | Media Sommelier
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Food
Adán Medrano, chef and food writer, savors a beef cheek taco at Vera's Backyard Bar-B-Que in Texas' Rio Grande Valley.
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'Where The Magic Happens': Following A Tasty Taco Trail In South Texas

Jan 17, 2021
In Brownsville, Texas, two Mexican restaurants are pushing the envelope of what a corn tortilla can envelop, and an award-winning cafe cooks barbacoa the old-fashioned way.
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Eat City
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Street Foodie: Taco Stands for the New World

May 21, 2020

As the valley slowly reopens, Street Foodie's taste for culinary adventure reawakens

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All out
Taco
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Meat & Veggie: Taco Times Two

Nov 01, 2019

At Santos Guisados Tacos & Beer, to interpret the flexible Spanish culinary term guisado, General Manager Michael Carlisi goes with “stewed.” The meats in the guisado tacos are cooked for hours, adding water and letting it reduce again.

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Food
Five years ago, Ripple Desai opened the Tandoori Taqueria in her hometown of Panguitch, Utah, tapping into a growing tourist market.
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Utah's 'Tandoori Taqueria' Brings Unexpected Indian Spice To Cowboy Country

Jul 14, 2019
Taco shops are easier to find in rural Utah than Indian restaurants. The Tandoori Taqueria fuses both cuisines and it's doing brisk business in the middle of cowboy country.
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The Salt
The front counter with its list of meats and big trompo rotisserie is as close as you'll get to a menu at Taquitos West Ave in San Antonio.
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This Food Critic's Quest To Eat A Taco A Day For A Year Is Almost A Wrap

Dec 06, 2017
Mike Sutter has eaten 1,300 tacos so far this year. And it's been tough: He tells NPR's Kelly McEvers about dealing with offbeat taquerias, getting thyroid cancer, and why it's good to have a quest.
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The Salt
Avila's sweet potato tacos
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'Guerrilla Tacos': Street Food With A High-End Pedigree

Nov 02, 2017
Wes Avila is leading a new wave of LA chefs: children of immigrants, classically trained in French cuisine, who blur the lines between high and low. His acclaimed food truck now has a cookbook.
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Code Switch
Imagine a world where you can buy fresh, delicious tacos on every street corner.
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Picture An America With #TacoTrucksOnEveryCorner

Sep 02, 2016
In an election cycle filled with sharp disagreement, one man has landed on a platform everyone can seem to get behind: taco trucks on every corner.
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The Salt
"One of the most famous dishes in Mexican cuisine," according to <em>Tacopedia, carnitas</em> tacos are made of pork meat, often fried in its own fat and then slow-cooked in a large pot.
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'Tacopedia': A Mouth-Watering Tour Of Mexico's Taco Culture

Oct 01, 2015
From the smoked marlin tacos of Baja California to the fried flower tacos of Chiapas, Mexico is home to endless interpretations of this essential dish. A new tome documents this vibrant taco cuisine.
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In Which We Explore The Wide Wide World Of Tacos

May 15, 2015

There was a time in American life when "taco" was associated the u-shaped, crispy, yellow tortilla shells, that seemed designed to shatter into a dozen small pieces as soon as you bit into one end

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