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Cazuelitas, Sopes Are A Texas Mexican Tradition

Cazuelitas, Sopes Are A Texas Mexican Tradition

Cazuelitas or Sopes are a part of the Texas Mexican cuisine that exists in the region outlined in yellow  (Map of the 1984 Republic of Mexico). Not to be confused with Tex-Mex,  Texas Mexican  is one of at least 12 related regional cuisines in the […]

Smoked Trout, the Karankawas and Cannibalism

Smoked Trout, the Karankawas and Cannibalism

Smoked trout is a favorite of mine for dinner parties because it brings the outside in.  It’s also deeply entrenched in our Texas Mexican culinary tradition of outdoor techniques of salting, drying and smoking.   Many techniques (pickling, brining, drying, freezing and smoking),  take us back […]

TexMex cuisine has deeper, older roots

TexMex cuisine has deeper, older roots

Kudos to Houston writer, Robb Walsh. I am elated that Houston’s soon-to-be-opened TexMex restaurant at the old Tower Theatre, El Real, has Walsh as a partner. He is a lover of Tex-Mex food and has done a big service to this regional cuisine by researching and […]