My friend Dave called me up about 10 days ago and told me he just had a really nice gardening shed built and before filling it with tools and stuff he wanted to have a taco party in it. Would I be interested? I told him, “Of course,” and we decided on a menu for [...]

Ich Bin Ein Berliner Taco
How fun to read in yesterdays NY Times Travel section a piece on authentic tacos in Berlin. A pair of young fellows, one from Mexico City and one from Australia, have three places in the city, all riffing on the name of Maria. There’s Maria Bonita (Mary the Pretty), Maria Peligro [...]

I’m Rick Bayless, Bitch!
This is a big month for Rick Bayless. Of course, there was last night’s state dinner at the White House, honoring Mexico’s beleaguered president Felipe Calderon. The menu featured many wonderful items, including Waygu beef (from Oregon!) in black mole. Sadly, there were no tacos. But no worries there, because a new [...]

Hungry For Tacos In Yerevan, Armenia
The March of the Taco Brigade continues to resound across the world. Reports of tacos in disparate corners of the globe continue to appear in the blogosphere. In this article from an Independent Armenian Publication, the author posed an interesting question, one that any inquisitive taco investigator might ask, namely, [...]

A few days ago I received an e-mail from Loteria Grill wishing me and my loved ones a safe, prosperous, and joyful 5 de Mayo season. Wow, that’s some heavy stuff. It’s very exciting to see this new American holiday shaping up before our very eyes. From the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, [...]

Calbi Fusion Tacos & Burritos Opens Today in Austin, Texas
What began with a soft landing of sorts, with Calbi giving away 1500 tacos during the SXSW Festival in Austin last month, is now hard fact. Austin now has their own Calbi Fusion Taco Truck. In yesterday’s Business Wire press release, Calbi President Coleen Craig explained [...]

OK, so the Spicy Pickles recipe I did this weekend turned out great. They’re a mash-up of the Pickled Cauliflower recipe by Staffan Terje of Perbacco in San Francisco and the Pickled Jalapeños and Carrots recipe from my book Tacos: Authentic, Festive & Flavorful. I also added some jicama to the recipe. Every taco truck and taqueria [...]

Yesterday, we had the good fortune of participating in a beef brisket taco party. Our friend Dave secured a 14 pound brisket from the local butcher and Liz proceeded to braise a part of it all morning until it’s unctuous tenderness flowed forth. Stupendous spring weather graced the fête while we drank freely from our keg [...]

Burrito Tacos?
So there’s a new place in El Sobrante, California called Burrito Taqueria. They’ve got a full menu of Mexi-stuff but nothing akin to what their name suggests. I was hoping that they really did have a burrito taco. Darn.
But it appears that Taco Bell does have something nearly as awesome, the Grandito. Listen here [...]

First off, a few people have asked me to keep the recipes coming. Last Saturday, I was thinking about the spicy pickled vegetables from a favorite southern Oregon taqueria, La Tapatia. There are jalapeños, carrot slices, jicama chunks, and sometimes cauliflower florets in a spicy brine at the salsa bar. In particular, I was ruminating [...]