By Scotty on Apr 18, 2010 in recipes, Tacos en Casa | 0 Comments
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 [...]
By Scotty on Jan 8, 2010 in Taco Arcanum | 0 Comments
I laughed at this little clip quite a bit. The music made it. It came via a site called Toronto Taco. Click on the Tacodex and see all the taco joints in Toronto. I didn’t know there were so many. Taco Plates If you’re in need of a plate to keep your tacos upright, then [...]
By Scotty on Oct 20, 2009 in Taco News | 0 Comments
Interview With Mike Prasad of Kogi BBQ At Blog World 18 Taquerias Die In San Francisco Since 2008 The burrito eaters over at BurritoEater.com report a disheartening number of shuttered taco joints in the City By The Bay. Taquerias Video on YouTube This is a very trippy video. The Spanish speaking voice sounds like it [...]
By Scotty on Jun 20, 2009 in food carts and trucks | 0 Comments
I took the kids into Grants Pass yesterday to pick up some food to eat in the park by the river. We picked up some sushi first, then drove down Rogue River Highway to look for the new taco truck. We spotted it in the parking lot of the Texaco gas station between JD’s Sports [...]
By Scotty on Jun 11, 2009 in Taco Arcanum | 0 Comments
There’s nothing like hitting up a taco truck or cart for late night tacos. This Bourdain clip, in which he hangs out with a friend in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas, makes me long for the days in Redwood City when I could go down to the gas station at [...]
By Scotty on Jun 7, 2009 in Tacos en Casa | 0 Comments
After a couple of hours of weed whipping on the homestead this morning, I spied a young volunteer cilantro plant in the vegetable garden and decided it would be a treat to use the supple leaves on some egg tacos. With eight hens a layin’ currently, we have a surfeit of large brown eggs. The [...]