When Carmen Rocha moved to Los Angeles from San Antonio in 1959, she brought nachos with her. A waitress at El Cholo Mexican restaurant for many years, Rocha will be missed, but her legend lives on in every bite of cheesy chip....
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Never before had I seen anything so marvelous that involve melted cheese product until the the nacho cheese fountain graced my monitor. DJ Grocery, creator of the mind-blowing General Tso's Philly cheesesteak, couldn't resist the temptation to fill his wife's chocolate fountain machine with cheese. I hear ya, man...I hear ya. It turns out cheese fountains are acceptable alternatives to chocolate fountains, along with barbecue sauce fountains and egg nog fountains. However, I'd rather believe that the ideas behind these non-chocolate fountains come about because while staring quizzically at the ornamental food display contraption someone thinks, "Well, I'm gonna fill this with [insert questionable liquifiable food product], and no one's going to stop me."...
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Photograph from The Homesick TexanThe admittedly dead-simple nacho recipe I posted yesterday prompted Serious Eater intheyearofthepig to offer a link to The Homesick Texan's Nachos 101. I admire and agree with Lisa Fain's take on the Texas-style take on the dish: My dad asked me a very serious question the other day. He was concerned, since I’d lived away from Texas for so long, where I fell on the nacho spectrum. Did I prefer a pile of chips with some toppings slopped on willy-nilly or did I prefer each nacho to be one chip toasted with a tasteful spread of Longhorn cheddar cheese and a sliced jalapeno. I was shocked he even had to ask. For me, and for every...
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If you're planning a Super Bowl party completely from scratch and don't know where to start, the Food Network's put together a comprehensive Football Party mini site: their slightly fancy Ultimate Super Bowl Menu featuring recipes from Food Network stars (I like the look of Tyler Florence's Teriyaki Chicken Wings), lots of options for standard football party eats like nachos and chili, and football party tips from Guy Fieri....
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