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    By Food Republic

    We Have A Ton Of Mexican Recipes!

    Did you know that we have a ton of Mexican recipes that need a new home in your kitchen? And we’ve got even more for our queso and burrito-enthusiast friends: city guides, handy techniques and in-depth charts to our favorite tortilla-encased treats. Take a deep dive into our colorful Mexican section for dishes from award-winning chefs and cookbook writers, and freshen up…

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    By Lisa Fain

    The Homesick Texan's Brief History Of Chile Con Queso

    There's a very good reason there's an exclamation point at the end of Homesick Texan Lisa Fain's new cookbook, Queso! It's hard not to say it without, well, exclaiming! If there's one dish in the Texas repertoire to be truly excited about, it's queso. This book has every recipe — plus some essential knowledge — you could…

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    By Jess Kapadia

    Akhtar Nawab Creates Corn Magic (And More) At Alta Calidad

    Chef Akhtar Nawab helms the kitchen at Alta Calidad, in Brooklyn's Prospect Heights neighborhood. Previously the head chef at NYC Mexican hot spot La Esquina, Nawab also recently opened Fero at Birmingham, Alabama's Pizitz Food Hall. We sat down to chat about what it means to be a traveling Indian-American Mexican chef, and played a few rounds of…

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    By Loreal Gavin

    Make The Butcher Babe's 60 Minute Carnitas

    Let’s hear it for Butcher Babe, the Southern chef who treats meat like the belle of the ball. Fusing classic French technique with the bountiful larder of the American South (and a heavy-handed dose of rebellion), Loreal Gavin’s cookbook is a pleasure to read and cook your way through. This 60 minute carnitas will become your…

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    By Food Republic

    Here Are Our Fastest, Easiest Mexican Recipes

    Mexican cuisine may be famous for long-simmering braises, mole sauces and labor-intensive recipes for tamales and enchiladas, but that doesn't mean you can't get something delicious on the table in minimal time. Check out our fastest, easiest Mexican recipes and get a south-of-the-border dinner ready in a jiffy.

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    By Selene Nelson

    Inside China Poblano: East Meets West In Las Vegas

    Mexican restaurants are a dime a dozen in most American cities, and Las Vegas is no exception. In and around the famous Strip are a peppering of taco joints and burrito bars, most serving up the usual fare. But as with most things, the City of Sin has taken Mexican food one step further. The…

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    By Richard Martin

    Daniela Soto-Innes's Cosme Convergence: New Chefs Rising, Episode 11

    [embed=https://www.youtube.com/embed/8GzlLlAmKPY]Soft shell crab isn't the first thing you expect to find on a Mexican restaurant's menu, but Cosme is where tacos and guacamole clichés come to die. The New York City restaurant's young chef Daniela Soto-Innes was working at Enrique Olvera's famed Mexico City restaurant Pujol a few years back and was planning to move to New York…

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    By Jess Kapadia

    How To Make A Taco Salad, Fully Loaded

    A taco salad can be superior to a taco on many occasions. This recipe was inspired by my inability to eat tacos for a working lunch, owing to the drippy, falling-apart nature of the beast and the sensitive nature of my computer. A few tips for any taco salad: Let the beef cool after cooking…

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    By Paul Harrison

    Grill Hacks: How To Make Tacos Al Pastor On The Grill

    Tacos al pastor translates to "tacos in the style of the shepherd." The spit-roasted pork found its way to Mexico via Lebanese immigrants and their shawarma. To that end, real al pastor is made on a giant vertical spit the same way that lamb on your doner kebab or gyro is cooked. Oh, you don't have…

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    By Pati Jinich

    Vegan Tonight: Plantain Tacos With Pepitas

    Pati Jinich has been whipping up Mexican favorites on PBS for half a decade, so when you're looking for a go-to cookbook for your favorite South-of-the-border fare, look no further than her new collection, Mexican Today. Whether you’re cooking for the family on a weeknight or bringing down the house for the holidays (whatever they may be), there’s…

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    By Clay Williams

    La Esquina At 10: The Faces Behind An NYC Institution

    Everyone loves a secret. An unmarked door leading to a hidden clubhouse, for example — especially one where tequila and tacos are in high supply. Before you could walk through a pay phone in a hot-dog stand to get cocktails and every other bar called itself a speakeasy, La Esquina caught the imagination of in-the-know…

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    By Jess Kapadia

    This Week In Crimes Against Mexican Food

    All Mexican food ever did to you was satisfy and delight you, with its delicious meats, crunchy vegetables, flavor-packed sauces, multitasking tortillas and all manner of cheese, sour cream, cilantro and lime, ensuring that no moment of your experience is bland. So why are we being such unabashed jerks to a cuisine that never did us wrong?…

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    By Tiffany Do

    Get To Know New York Bakery, Manhattan's Hush-Hush Taco Gem, Before It's Gone

    “Hello, my friend.”This is how Harrison Jwa Hoon Kim greets all his regular customers at the compact New York Bakery on West 29th Street. But don’t let the name fool you. Kim isn’t slinging baked breads, muffins or cakes. Instead he and his wife, Young Shin Han Kim, are dishing out spicy chile de árbol salsa,…

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