Taco of the Week: The Pork Chop Taco at Garcia’s Mexican Food
You can cut meat from the bone before you eat, but it’s better to go all in with this San Antonio staple.
José R. Ralat is Texas Monthly's taco editor, writing about tacos and Mexican food. He is the author of American Tacos: A History & Guide. José has written for Eater, Imbibe, Dallas Observer, D Magazine, Vice, Cowboys & Indians magazine, Gravy, and other national and regional online and print media outlets. José is also a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and serves on the advisory board of Foodways Texas.
You can cut meat from the bone before you eat, but it’s better to go all in with this San Antonio staple.
José R. Ralat is Texas Monthly’s taco editor, writing about tacos and Mexican food.
Blasphemy? Far from it. Allow me to fill you in.
José R. Ralat is Texas Monthly’s taco editor, writing about tacos and Mexican food.
Restaurants that make tortillas in-house have to get it right, like the new Dai Due Taqueria in Austin.
José R. Ralat is Texas Monthly’s taco editor, writing about tacos and Mexican food.
They’re rolled, they’re fried, and they’re delicious. And they deserve your respect.
José R. Ralat is Texas Monthly’s taco editor, writing about tacos and Mexican food.
Let the vast universe of succulent cuts, chewy entrails, and cooking techniques be a mystery to you no more.
José R. Ralat is Texas Monthly’s taco editor, writing about tacos and Mexican food.
A devotee’s long-awaited taco crawl through Mexico City.
José R. Ralat is Texas Monthly’s taco editor, writing about tacos and Mexican food.
A border taco run that finds there is more to the city than Chico’s Tacos.
José R. Ralat is Texas Monthly’s taco editor, writing about tacos and Mexican food.
A taco tour of Dallas and Fort Worth, from Big D’s Oak Cliff and the Bishop Arts District neighborhoods to Cowtown’s Northside and West 7th strip.
José R. Ralat is Texas Monthly’s taco editor, writing about tacos and Mexican food.