By Scotty on Sep 18, 2009 in Taco News | 0 Comments
Taco Mansion Rises In Lower East Side
The following description really caught my attention on this recent UrbanDaddy post: “a brand new three-level taco/ceviche mansion with hidden mezcal dens, pink walls and plenty of tequila.” Yelpsters give it mixed reviews on the food and drink, but take a photo tour and look how pretty the place [...]
By Scotty on Sep 12, 2009 in Tacos en Casa | 0 Comments
Living in the woods, as I do, and harboring thoughts of taquitos, a lot of my taco lifestyle is DIY. On any day, I might bust out as many custom kind tacos as time allows. It hurts to be bound by time and space. I try to do my taco work on the 5th dimension, [...]
By Scotty on Aug 27, 2009 in Taco Interviews | 2 Comments
I recently had the pleasure of  of interviewing The Taco Inspector RDub!, a very funny guy who also runs a nationally syndicated music show. After reading this interview, you should check out his taco reviews at www.TheTacoReview.com. His taco lyrics, dubbed over popular songs are well worth the visit, as are his live reviews.Â
Taco Matrix: [...]
By Scotty on Aug 12, 2009 in Tacos en Casa | 2 Comments
Summer is a time for tacos. I got off to a great start this summer, enjoying, on June 20th, a surprise treat of oyster mushrooms that popped up due to a late rain. The log is about 50 feet from my house so I whisked them to my kitchen immediately after picking for a breakfast [...]
By Scotty on Aug 9, 2009 in Taco News, food carts and trucks | 0 Comments
If you subscribe to Netflix, you can watch a new episode of Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations from the Netflix website. The show is the Mexico episode on Volume 6. In the first part of the show, Anthony and a few others spend alot of time going around eating tacos. As usual, all that taco voyeurism [...]
By Scotty on Jul 19, 2009 in Taco Arcanum | 0 Comments
We saw Land of the Lost this weekend. I used to watch the show as a kid, though I’m not nostalgic about it. Since we were with kids, it was a choice between Will Ferrell (who I like) and Up (I’m so tired of Pixar). During the scene in the Lost City, Chaka is trying [...]
By Scotty on Jul 19, 2009 in Tacos en Casa | 1 Comment
You can’t go wrong with tacos. I mean, jeez, a casual soiree at a friend’s house produced these ultra tasty gems, marinated chicken on the left and carne asada on the right. One caveat when grilling tortillas is to keep a close eye on them, especially if they are on the dry side when you [...]
By Scotty on Jul 1, 2009 in Taco Arcanum | 0 Comments
Saturday Night Live’s Taco Town parody busted my stitches, to be sure. But lurking below the surface was something more. It’s been on my mind for awhile and now I think I can frame it within the context that until now was just an inchoate miasma in my brain.
I ran across this article [...]
By Scotty on Jun 16, 2009 in food carts and trucks | 2 Comments
I think about tacos everyday. Yesterday, after some consideration, I told a friend that I was pretty sure I could eat tacos everyday and not get tired of them. So when I’m not making tacos, or going out for them, I cruise food blogs as a Taco Voyeur. I started on Pleasure Palate, checking out [...]
By Scotty on Jun 13, 2009 in Tacos en Casa | 1 Comment
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 My wife teaches English as a Second Language (ESL) at the local college. One of her fellow teachers hosted a potluck party at her house this past Thursday evening for the last class of the term. Most of the students are Mexican, so they showed up with carne for asada, nopales, salsa, guacamole, etc. I [...]