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How to Throw a Baja Fish Taco Party June 24, 2011 A Chicago Backyard and Many Happy People Mexican food is made for parties. The construction of tortillas, fillings, salsas, and toppings; the spicy, rich flavors; and above all, the fact that it tastes so darn good. This was our guiding principle on a recent Saturday when, with the help of a handful of talented friends, we threw a Baja Fish Taco party under warm string lights in a Chicago backyard. We were celebrating one of the early recipes published on this blog for beer-... Read the Full Article	Ten Rules for Nachos January 31, 2011 Here's an oldie but goodie on nachos creation for the Superbowl. How do you top your tortilla chips? Read the Full Article	Beyond the Tortilla Chip: Three Mexican Snacks that Aren't Deep Fried September 16, 2010 Plus a recipe for Oaxacan-Style Peanuts with Chile and Garlic Forget the chips. You know the drill. You walk into a Mexican restaurant anywhere in the country. You sit down. Within moments -often before drink orders are taken- a bowl of tortilla chips and salsa are rushed out to the table. You immediately dig in. Time disappears. Before you order, before you even think about ordering, salsa stains the tablecloth and all the chips are mysteriously gone. That’s just how it goes. Right? So... Read the Full Article	The Five Best Things I Ate in Oaxaca, Mexico August 25, 2010 These are the five things I can't stop thinking about I went to Mexico to eat, and I handpicked the region of Oaxaca specifically because I figured I could eat there best. It’s a place where chiles, chocolate, and tomatoes have been growing for thousands of years, and where the holy trinity of corn, beans, and squash make up the local diet. Forget Italy, France, or Spain. Oaxaca is where my favorite food in the world comes from. I spent two weeks walking its old colonial streets while... Read the Full Article
I Hate the Mac Snack Wrap: A Rant March 2, 2010 The Big Mac will always be better. I should apologize in advance for this fast food rant. I've never indulged in such a tirade before, but I simply couldn't resist this one. Regularly scheduled content will return later this week, I promise. The Mac Snack wrap is the stupidest, most idiotic, dumbest fast food creation I've ever seen. It purports to be a Big Mac in flour tortilla, except it betrays logic and any culinary common sense. From the moment I saw the... Read the Full Article	A Weekend in Seattle and Olympia: Day 3, Carnitas on the Run November 17, 2007 Killer tacos and no-corn-syrup Mexican Coke With the time change and a long flight ahead of us, we have to leave by 4pm just to arrive home in New York at midnight (Correction: arrive in Newark. I'm never doing that again). With a morning left and having had scarce time to explore Olympia itself, we asked Scott exactly what to do with the remaining hours. “Well, there’s this Mexican taco truck,” he said casually. And it was decided. We... Read the Full Article	Eating Tacos All Over San Antonio December 11, 2006 If that means eating 5 lunches in one day, so be it. Honestly, there's a real need for these signs. When we were venturing around the mercado square in San Antonio, a land of slightly schlocky and catchpenny Mexican crafts, every third vendor warned against this practice, where gringo, giggling tourists pretended to experience Mexican culture by putting on outrageous hats and saying "Arriba, Arriba" like Speedy Gonzalez. How to avoid this tomfoolery? With a... Read the Full Article	Baja Fish Tacos June 9, 2006 The best fried fish tacos we've ever had. Our own version culled from a few different recipes, an emulation of the classic recipe of homemade tortillas, lightly fried tempura-style fish, a dairy-based white sauce, and fresh, crunchy, gently spicy cabbage. Real Baja fish tacos are nothing like what you're used to eating when it comes to Mexican food. In fact, true Mexican cuisine might be our biggest missed chance. Satisfied by the (admittedly tasty) Tex-Mex-style... Read the Full Article