It's funny how a missing ingredient can lead to a whole new dinner. The original idea was to remake the poblano tacos I had so loved from last summer. It's a relatively easy recipe, but I was missing something, and... More

Choco Tacos can be hard to track down. The preeminent dessert taco makes cameos at select ice cream trucks and gas stations, but other times, you think, "did I dream that?" Since nobody should have to suppress a Choco Taco... More

I've been a fan of fried fish tacos for a long time. Rolled in flour tortillas and dressed with little more than a tangy white sauce and crunchy sliced cabbage, they are unbelievably tasty. I wish I didn't have to... More

I've just returned from another holiday spent deep in the heart of Texas—well not too deep, Houston to be exact. While there, you'll usually find me at Ninfa's on Navigation, enjoying some fajitas with a Mexican coke, finished with sweet... More

I hope I wasn't the only one who watched Anthony Bourdain's season opener of No Reservations where he and his crew visited Mexico City and Puebla and ate about a hundred tacos al pastor. After eating each one Bourdain would... More

I know most people wait until after the holidays to attempt to slim down, but I'm feeling the need to start now. After a plump Thanksgiving, I've kept my eating regimen running on high, and after a feast in Chicago's... More

I will admit that I picked this recipe solely because it had cactus in it. Though I'd never eaten the spiny plant, I remembered seeing it at my local Mexican market, and now I actually had an excuse to buy... More

My last dish with pumpkin seeds was chicken with pumpkin seed sauce. It wasn't pretty looking--as many commenters rightly pointed out--but it was utterly delicious, and like I mentioned in the comment section, one of my better meals in recent... More

Tacos and gyrating meat hold a special place in my heart, making tacos al pastor a super food in my book. Unfortunately, despite my best efforts, a vertical broiler has yet to make its way onto my wedding registry. Not... More

Photograph from blair christensen on Flickr Since I was raised on wonderfully lardy, cheesy Tex-Mex, it took me a while to come around to the ungloppy goodness that is a fish taco. In the early 1990s fish tacos became something... More