It’s funny how things happen. When we launched Tacolicious we had no idea that there would be a national taco trend. But the May issue of Food & Wine magazine has made a very convincing case for it—just in time for Cinco de Mayo, of course—and we’re included! You can see…
Down in LA for my good friend Danielle’s wedding, Joe and I were lucky enough to be put up at the fancy Fairmont Miramar Hotel and Bungalows. We pulled our bug-splattered Subaru station wagon through the fancy gates where a battery of valets awaited us under the hotel’s famous Bay…
Mark Denham, former chef of Laiola (may it rest in peace) and many other fine restaurants, is working hard to open his new restaurant, Bishop. We can’t wait. What’s your first taco memory? As kids my mom made us tacos with the store-bought crunchy shells, ground beef with ‘taco seasoning’,…
What’s your first taco memory? There was this place “Casa Bonita” that my family would go to when I was a kid. It was completely cheesy, like a theme park inside with robotic sombero wearing puppet guys and parrots that would pop out of the pseudo-hacienda windows. If I finished…
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First taco memory?
It was at my home outside of Baltimore, MD. I think I was 7 or 8 the first time my Mom bought the Old El Paso taco kit: It comes with the crunchy taco shells, a packet of beef seasoning, and maybe some other fixings. It was a somewhat ceremonious group effort—you would assemble your own taco with the seasoned ground beef, shredded lettuce, maybe some diced tomatoes with onions, and definitely grated cheddar cheese. What’s more Mexican than that?
