The “Flea Markets” on Airline Drive in North Houston form a giant mercado that draws some 50,000 Latino shoppers every weekend. Each flea market has its own taquerias and food stands.
De Buey Y Vaca is the most famous taqueria. (Buey y vaca means ox and cow, or steer and cow.) My favorite dish there [...]

I received this e-mail letter from a satisified customer today. I have to say I was touched. I hope my kids remember me this fondly.
Smoking Turkey in the Rain
Robb-
I am not a Texan but I love BBQ. I live in the Pacific NW (Olympia, WA to be exact). It rains a [...]

Barbacoa means barbecue in Mexican Spanish. In Mexico City you find seasoned lamb sealed in maguey leaves cooked in the coals of a fire. In Texas, cow heads became the most popular meat for barbacoa because the ranch hands were given cow heads as part of their pay. If you ever saw the movie Giant, [...]

I made my first wild duck gumbo a couple of years ago after going duck hunting with my brothers. Four of us shot eleven ducks near Aransas Pass on our way down to South Padre for Thanksgiving. The Walsh family is a large clan and around 20 of us had gathered in a condo complex [...]

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