The Mercado de la Merced is the largest market in the second largest city in the world (think of it as 18 million mouths to feed). It’s a feast for the eyes and as you approach the market you encouter a riot of noise. As Joe puts it about his…
We arrived in San Miguel de Allende, a town that’s known for being both breathtaking—hilly, narrow cobblestone-lined roads, incessant church bells, golden rooftop sunsets, cinematic turns everywhere you look—and, because of this, full of wealthy visitors from Mexico City and a lot of retirees (a.k.a. newfound artists), including many American…
A Swedish chef in San Francisco running an Italian restaurant comes to cook Cal-Mexican for Tacolicious’s farmers market stand. Hooray for America. First taco memory? Being from Sweden, unfortunately it was at Taco Bell. Also, although it’s not a true taco, in Sweden, we make something similar called a “klamma.”…
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’,…
