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 [...]

So, it was Liz’ birthday last Sunday. She’s the webmaster for Taco Matrix. We had tacos, delicious tacos of autumn enjoyed at a lovely garden party with a handful of friends. We had muddled blackberry margaritas, plenty of beer, black bean chile, buffalo brisket, achiote-stewed chicken thighs, onions, cilantro, red sauce, guacamole and crema. Oh, [...]