Chapulines — grasshoppers, crunchy, and salty, and spicy — are a big hit at the Safeco Field home of the Seattle Mariners. Fans have eaten 1000 pounds of the exotic snacks so far.
Mexican Food
¡Tres de asada, por favor!
Tacos El Gavilan in Rialto: Dry meat + good salsa = 7.5 (video)
Tacos y Trifecta’s horse and food lover Jose Contreras notes that tacos are only $1.65 at Tacos El Gavilan in Rialto, but the carne asada is tasteless and dry. On the other hand, there’s agua de pina and killer red salsa!
The Kate Spade ‘Taco Truck Purse’ is a Latino cultural barometer
A Guide To Understanding The
Differences Between Different Kinds Of Latinos,
As Manifested By Responses
T O T H I S
Kate Spade Taco Truck Purse ($251)
· Mexican: Ay, no.
· Mexican-American: Hell. No.
· Latinx: That’s cultural appropriation.
· Tex Mex: OMG I WANT THIS PURSE!!!!!!
Mas…The Kate Spade ‘Taco Truck Purse’ is a Latino cultural barometer
East Los Angeles iconic chain King Taco gets an 8.4 (video)
Tacos y Trifecta‘s official horse and taco lover Jose Contreras stops by one of the famous King Taco restaurants and says the carne asada is a solid 8.4. And the red salsa? Aiyee!
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Mas…East Los Angeles iconic chain King Taco gets an 8.4 (video)
How about some deep-fried fresh tuna tacos? (video)
Check out these yummy looking tacos de atun (tuna) prepared in the style of Baja fish tacos — i.e, deep fried, but with pico de gallo instead of cabbage and (no comment) flour tortillas. [This recipe video was made for the EL ROSAL masa harina people, in Tijuana.]
This is a love song to Tacos El Tigre, in Colima, MX (video)
“You’re just too good to be true,” sings Frankie Valli. “I can’t take my eyes off of you.” And love is love, in the City of Colima, in the State of Colima, at Tacos El Tigre and their delicious tacos adobada. It’s obvious videographers Atempo Fotographia are in love with these tacos, and why not? Rigoberto y Leo Manzo’s family has been running Tacos El Tigre for 40 years.
Taqueria El Tio two-for-the-price-of-one carnitas tacos = 7.4 (video)
Not worth a schlep from out of town, but if you’re hungry and situated between the Los Alamitos and Santa Anita race tracks, Taqueria El Tio in Bellflower is a solid 7.4, especially on two-for-the-price of-one carnitas tacos Thursday. [Horse and taco lover Jose Contreras reports for Tacos and Trifectas. He’s @losponies on the Twitter.]
R.I.P. Jerry Lewis, Enchilada King (video)
Carmen Miranda (Enchilada Gal) can sing and dance, and Dean Martin (Enchilada Man) can dance and sing, but Jerry Lewis (Enchilada King) steals the show. R.I.P.
Tacos Leo truck at the carwash at Temple and Glendale? 9.4! (video)
Jose Contreras — the horse racing fan and So Cal taco lover known as Tacos and Trifectas — stops by the Tacos Leo truck, parked at the carwash at Temple Street and Glendale Boulevard. He rates it at 9.4 out of 10. Contreras is @losponies on the Twitter.
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Mas…Tacos Leo truck at the carwash at Temple and Glendale? 9.4! (video)
Are these the best places to eat tacos in Mexico City? (video)
Where are the best tacos in Ciudad be Mexico? This video for Unknown Mexican Magazine thinks they know. Are the right?
Lady Elote lifts her lamp: Send me your hungry, your poor (toon)
We will not be denied our rights to elotes!
Immigrant street vendors are among the most cherished people in our communities. They bring two things we can’t do without: food and culture.
[Hey, pochos: This design is available on t-shirts, too! Women’s in baby blue and men’s in black on sale now. Wear this shirt with Elote Pride!]Tres de Asada at Taqueria La Mexicana in Long Beach (video)
Jose Contreras of Tacos and Trifectas (he likes “the ponies”) stops by Taqueria La Mexicana at 4th and Coronado, Long Beach, Califas, and picks up tres de asada. Spoiler: He likes ’em, he really really really likes ’em!
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Mas…Tres de Asada at Taqueria La Mexicana in Long Beach (video)
Cómo hacer flores de mango con limon y chile (video)
Mangos cut into flowers and served with lime and Tajin. How do they do that?
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POCHO History 101: Lalo Guerrero’s ‘Ballad of Pancho Lopez’ (video)
A true life story from the Mexican Revolution and a mojado’s migration from Chihuahua to Califas come alive as our Chicano musical hero Lalo Guerrero shares The Ballad of Pancho Lopez.
Mas…POCHO History 101: Lalo Guerrero’s ‘Ballad of Pancho Lopez’ (video)
Pasadena’s El Taquito Mexicano taco truck: Food and community (video)
Video creator Kyle Scobie loves the El Taquito Mexicano taco truck that’s been parking on Lake Avenue in Pasadena for years. And Scobie is not the only one!
Elotitos aka esquites — corn off the cob Mexican style (video)
Sure you can have traditional elotes — whole Mexican corn on the cob — or you can have elotitos aka esquitos — de-cobbed corn in a cup. And today, just for you, with you can have elotitos inside a bag of corn chips in San Luis Potosí in Central Mexico! [Video by Pi Suarez.]
Latino USA: If You Give a Toddler a Tortilla (NPR audio)
She just wants to prepare some home made flour tortillas with her baby girl just like she did with her own mom. What’s the big deal?
April Salazar longs to make her Grandma Alice’s tortillas with her daughter. It is the same tortilla recipe her grandmother’s mother made in Baja California and later in Tucson, Arizona, after she fled the Mexican Revolution. There’s just one problem: she needs the stars to align… and the cooperation of her two-year-old daughter.
Mas…Latino USA: If You Give a Toddler a Tortilla (NPR audio)
Jamaican jerk-seasoned elotes will make you say ‘BRUH!’ (video)
YouTuber BrownBelle prepares yummy-looking grilled “Mexican street corn” — aka ELOTES — spiced up with Jamaican jerk seasoning and her own chimichurri. We like the way she braids the corn husks as handles for the cornsicles. And the way she says “BRUH!”
Click here for the jerk recipe. BrownBelle is on the Feisbuk tambien.
Fast-talking narrator makes tacos de pollo rapido (video)
Chicken tacos are deliciosa comida rapida y facil de hacer en casa, says Gorka Barredo, the fastest-talking Castillian Spanish narrator ever.
Now you’re talking! Yorkshire pudding breakfast burrito (video)
Whether you’re visiting a Rub Smokehouse in Birmingham, Nottingham (say hi to the sheriff!), Beverley, or Newcastle (got coals?), this epic dish proves that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
Does this tortilla have a message for me? (photo)
I was making late night dinner at home Monday, and got a message from the cosmos. What do you think it means?
Campout cooking: Korean carnitas tacos con kimchi (video)
Looks legit — Korean-style carnitas tacos con kimchi. All I ever got on camping trips was mosquito bites and poison ivy.
Here comes the paletero man! (Lucky Diaz lyrics music video)
Hey kids! Here comes the Mexican ice cream man! Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band know what’s cool. In Spanglish!
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Mas…Here comes the paletero man! (Lucky Diaz lyrics music video)