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The Great Birria Boom

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How two Mexican-American birrieros made the beloved dish a sensation in America In 2005, two Mexican-American teenagers from LA met at the fair in Coatzingo, Puebla, during Semana Santa, or Holy Week, a time when countless Mexican-American families head back to their family’s hometowns all over Mexico to visit relatives.

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7 Restaurant Management Book Recommendations

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While you must follow the strict guidelines to ensure the safety of your staff and customers, that’s not to say you can’t take advantage of an empty restaurant to improve your knowledge of restaurant management, running a business, and creating a recipe for success when you eventually get back to business as usual. Published: 2009 ??

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How Rotel Became an Essential Part of Any Queso

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By the time the queso is served alongside chips for dipping, it’s rich, yes, but also a bit spicy. The story of Rotel, which is now available in different spice levels and chile types, dates back to 1943. Sheila Fitzgerald /Shutterstock. I am a native Texan, and I lived in New York and San Francisco for a few years,” Smith says. “At

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A Fool’s Choice

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Donovan’s first job at McCormack’s Margot Café is a far cry from her time at her first steady restaurant job at TradeWinds, a “22-­seat Italian cigar den housed in a double-­wide trailer on a dirt hillside corner” in Valparaiso, Florida. Lisa Donovan | Photo courtesy of Lisa Donovan. Monica Burton. ax” and “a straight?up

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Deck the Rice with Coca-Cola

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It is served in Colombia, especially around the holidays and on Nochebuena.” “It is served in Colombia, especially around the holidays and on Nochebuena.” Jimmy Calero, the school’s vending machine stocker who grew up in the city of Cali, chimed in to back her up. like Ruiz — a house doesn’t feel like a home without Coke.

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A Pitch-Perfect Peaches and Cream Semifreddo Recipe From ‘Dolci!’

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Miyazaki/Knopf Just in time for peach season, it’s a beautiful meeting of Italian and American cooking Back in 2017, Renato Poliafito had just left Baked, the beloved Brooklyn bakery he co-founded in 2005. He thought he might write a book, part-cookbook, part-memoir, focused on the desserts and pastry of Italy. One bit of advice?

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Who Does Pasta Belong To?

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When Buenos Aires — designed in the image of Paris with imported materials — was proclaimed the seat of government in 1880, the city was built on the backs of a little more than half a century of mass immigration, mostly from Italy. But the flavors are layered on top of Belén’s many historic foodways. Just give her bolognesa a whiff.

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