El Taco Continues to Inspire American's Taste Buds

Apparently some tacoenophile thought of creating an edible version of Inception.

Fast-food America turns to the humilde taco for illumination on trends in the same way hipsters sift through past epochs for style inspiration.  Pepsi-Co. will be rolling out Doritos that taste like the Taco Bell Doritos Locos Tacos, which in essence, are tacos made with a taco shell, which is made out of a Dorito. Confused? Is there a who's on first routine here?

Two flavors to match the two Doritos Locos Tacos' flavors in Nacho Cheese and Cool Ranch. Which one will the Hispanic in you choose?

Mexican Food Lucha Libre! Jonathan Gold versus Rick Bayless verus Gustavo Arellano and more in a Cuisine de Mexico Throw-down!

Kosher Tacos! ¡Ay, Caramba, Oy, Gevalt!

Thanks to eagle-eyed webmaven Josh Kun for tipping me to this off my facebook newsfeed.

Daphne Strassmann's Ritualistic Chicano Totemic Cannibalism or El Chavo Del Ocho is Yummy

Regular East Coast scribe and now, apparently, culinary cultural studies maven, Daphne Strassmann writes in to report:

From: daphne strassmann
Subject: Fue sin querer queriendo
I ate El Chavo.

From Fiesta Grocers in Houston Texas and one of my
Chavo-inspired x-mas regalos.

I don't mind saying these pops estaban reque-deliciosas.

Pero,

Don Ramon tasted bitter
Doña Florinda tasted like permanents
Quique tasted ambivalent
and Chavo tasted like hope

A Tip of the Sombrero to Izel Vargas

Uncanny, gifted painter, Izel Vargas (of Pocholandia infamy) takes our eyes to this recent dispatch:

"Bill... I thought i'd share this with you. A great friend at UNC, Charlotte, José L.S. Gámez (a fellow Tejano) wrote a piece about the Taco Truck Wars going on in the east-- in this case Charlotte."

This video glosses the incongruities at work as "Mexicans" and other immigrants change the face of the South.

Tex-Mex

Anabel Lima's had it with Tex[t]-Mex and wants more Tex-Mex (food, that is! Comida!). She asks; we listen:

Thought I'd pass along this wonderful discovery of health and "Authentic Latin Flavor for those who dare!" I tried the spicy rio habanero chips--not bad. Maybe you can use on blog or for your next book... :) Here's the link And they distribute right out of LA...of course!!!

Ciao! Anabel