You never forget the first time—I certainly didn’t—and you always want it to be that way. It rarely is. So it was for me with the real Mexican food I’d been privileged enough to taste as a child. Those flavors, created by middle-aged women rolling out their own tortillas, became … [Read more...]
NEWS: Taste the Flavors of Baja at Sabor de Baja 2017
It happened again last year as the sun began to set just behind the tents of Sabor de Baja, the annual food and beverage pairing competition cum white attire culinary soirée at the Rosarito Beach Hotel: I couldn't help but smile. Good food, good wines and good people just tend … [Read more...]
WORLD FARE: Tras/Horizonte sees a longer horizon
It seems like an example of what should happen: A popular food truck graduates to brick and mortar. Tacos Kokopelli was one of the best food trucks in Tijuana making some of the most creative street tacos anyone’s seen in that street taco crazed town. It’s now a proper … [Read more...]
WORLD FARE: Think outside the ‘berto’s at Corazon de Torta
It’s a running joke told when someone suggests going out for take-out tacos: “Roberto’s, Rigoberto’s, Adalbertos? Which ‘bertos?” And it’s not all in the name: they all seem to have the same menu. Corazon de Torta (2490 Commercial Street, Sherman Heights), on the other hand, does … [Read more...]
WORLD FARE: The Six-Day War of Cultural Appropriation
On May 16, 2017 the Willamette Week, an alternative weekly from Portland, published a profile of Kooks, a breakfast burrito pop-up operating out of one of Portland’s innumerable food carts. In the article, Kooks co-owner Liz Connelly describes how she and fellow owner Kali Wilgus … [Read more...]
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