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The definitive list of @TexasMonthly's best tacos and a feature on the new, developing regional Texas Mexican cuisine, New Tejano, is live!
José R. Ralat 🌶️
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José R. Ralat 🌶️
@TacoTrail
Taco editor, @TexasMonthly. Author, American Tacos. 2x James Beard Award winner. Taco Chronicles 3. Panzón. Highly opinionated. Opinions mine. RT≠endorsements.
- 110-year-old spot El Pocito tucked away in a McAllen alley serves amazing gorditas & tacos.
- Thanks for the kind words, all. I’m still in shock over winning a @beardfoundation food writing award for my @TexasMonthly Tex-Mexplainer series. #jbfa
- El Paso is the most exciting Mexican food city in the U.S. It's pilgrimage worthy.
- It's here! My @TexasMonthly Dec cover story: the Ultimate Texas Tacopedia. The compedium of taco styles, profiles & city guides is a love letter to taqueros & tacos. Mil gracias to the editors, designers & team who made it beautiful.
- Border Patrol agent at the Brownsville entry: What was the reason for your visit to Matamoros? Me: Eating Agent: Eating what? Me: Tacos Agent: *looks away & chuckles* Welcome home
- I am in awe of my @TexasMonthly colleagues. They're incredible journalists and have been writing difficult, required reading in the wake of the Uvalde massacre. Here's a thread of their reporting.
- I’m just a man eating La Colonial Tortilla Factory burritos in his hotel room living his best life. El Paso, I love you.
- Some of the best aguas frescas I’ve had in Texas are from this stand in a parking lot across from the CVS at Guadalupe & Logan in Laredo. It’s run by two young people from Guanajuato.
- I'm so excited to share the news that I'm joining @TexasMonthly as its first taco editor. Gahh! It's a dream and an honor. But I'm just one of several excellent new hires.THREAD: We're thrilled to announce some excellent new hires this morning! José R. Ralat (@tacotrail) is our very first taco editor. He'll cover all things taco, from reviews and trends to Tex-Mex traditions and profiles of the people behind the food. 🌮 texasmonthly.com/the-stand-up-d…
- Today I read that potato tacos are “novel.” Tacos de papa are classics. Please, y’all, use Google before making such declarations. Or, heck, ask and quote me. My DMs are open. My email is in my bio.
- A dreamy Mexican-style bacon-wrapped hot dog topped w alambre de bistec at the original Taco 16th Street in Odessa.
- I'm glad SXSW is coming to an end. Not because of the flood of outsiders but because I'm tired of watching San Antonioans ripping up the scabs of self-inflected wounds exposing their collective inferiority complex from imaginary taco wars. 1/
