the 120 tacos you must eat before you die
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The Meat of It
Let the vast universe of succulent cuts, chewy entrails, and cooking techniques be a mystery to you no more.
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Ode to the Taco
Five of the state’s most creative minds pay homage to that which makes the taco great.
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Corn or Flour?
Eight well-known and proud Texans answer this simple, age-old question.
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A Q&A With Henry the Puffy Taco
On what it's like to be a beloved minor league baseball mascot.
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Best Tacos: Houston
Cachete, Gerardo’s Drive-in Type: Classic Mexican Rating: 5 Price: $2 One of the more curious culinary pageants in Houston happens every Thursday morning, when giant bins of cleaned cow heads are rolled out of delivery trucks into the back of this convenience store/taco stand/barbacoa joint just north of downtown. The kitchen’s staging area then takes on …
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The Year of the Taco
Our exhaustive (and tasty) list of Texas's best tacos.
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Best Tacos: Dallas and Surroundings
Taco al Pastor a la Tuma, Urban Taco Type: Specialty Rating: 5 Price: $4.50 Markus Pineyro opened the first Urban Taco in the Mockingbird Station retail complex in 2007. Few realized it then, but with his fresh takes on interior dishes—he even offered house-recipe nixtamal tortillas—the Mexico City native was a pioneer in what would become …
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Best Tacos: Corpus Christi
Carne Guisada, Southside Barbacoa Type: Classic Mexican Rating: 4 Price: $2.49 On Saturdays, the carne guisada tacos, filled with cubed beef in a rich and spicy chile gravy, come with a sound track: music from the Southside Farmers’ Market band, a homespun ensemble that includes harp, banjo, accordion, and violin and plays just steps away from …
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Best Tacos: El Paso
Potato and Egg, H&H Car Wash and Coffee Shop Type: Breakfast Rating: 5 Price: $4.99/plate Put aside the fact that H&H is a half-century-old restaurant/car wash whose co-owner, Maynard Haddad, is a supreme grouch (if one with a soft heart). Ignore the time-scuffed Formica tabletops and the aging counter stools. Then strip away the dizzying array …
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Buen Provecho
A devotee’s long-awaited taco crawl through Mexico City.