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Mexican Cuisine Taking Over America

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    Author Gustavo Arellano discusses some of his favorite Mexican dishes across the country.

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And a tightly five minutes south of -- Brusett.

Long -- down in southern managed.

-- out of the -- valley where the where the best they can't runner they're grown and also the best Green Chile.

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Those -- great places not a threat or -- cafe.

All that's a great spot out.

Alia I hadn't new Mexican cuisine it's.

-- both eight in my book I talk about and the 1980 there was the southwestern cuisine movement which seemed every other Mexican restaurant had.

But still have a howling radioed -- -- local Paoli.

That trend just went away and it's unfortunate because that you -- New Mexico there's such a great tradition.

-- for starters I'm amazed at the Green chili cheeseburger hadn't spread across the United States.

Ten -- like much concern.

Oh absolutely -- still out here in Los Angeles there's two women to do hot -- Mary sue Milliken.

And -- -- -- they've had a border grill here since 1988 and I got admit that kind of motive better than my mom's morning in my -- straight from Mexico.

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So are you arrestor proposals are all -- -- -- Are no I'm actually the editor for newspaper called the OC weekly with a sister Paper to the village -- got New York -- I think the food critics for ask for about a decade now but I've been eating Mexican -- my entire life almost from the moment.

I was born -- I was born with that -- BMI in one hand and the -- a bottle of the other.

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-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- served hot that's another hot stop out of Southern California but another one that I it's just -- it's called Green go bad deal hotshot.

And it's made of and it's made by of all people Dexter Holland who this famous punk rock that senior for the -- spring.

It is a guy from Orange County you know middle class -- upbringing who.

Would love Mexican food -- when they decided you know.

I've I've sold millions of records but what I really wanna do I wanna make a great hotspots are you gotta check out -- -- -- it's absolutely amazing yeah.

You could go to their web so I think it's going to -- deal dot com.

Out here on the West Coast he could buy them like an Albertson's Stater Brothers some supermarkets but you could I would I don't want.

So if -- in.

There underserved don't -- right here on the other over -- period.

The other one is cooking shows -- asset -- that I don't look to our year old those -- -- about a little.

So -- published report -- ought to have a bunch there's triple -- -- and restaurants.

Here and now we're in Manhattan in New York -- then again.

That's part of it -- what I like about them is that they're using organically you know organic -- no hormones pork in.

Beef the type of -- that they sell but humongous brick wrapped around oil that's actually a style from originated in San Francisco mission district got their -- emissions stop burrito and a founder of people today.

It got from Denver named Steve -- then you know he ate there late eighties that you know that this would be a great breed -- franchise.

And now it's actually the second largest Mexicans but at Fuji -- -- United States.

Just behind tackle ballot -- the doubt and it's continuing to grow so it's a bit worried about my favorite -- -- people eat there by about I'm not gonna.

Look down on them the same way I would if they're eating at -- Well let's -- -- The best Mexican restaurant it -- taco truck.

Called -- Taco truck which parks in the village and also -- so when midtown Manhattan I wish second remember what mr.

cross streets where where they park.

-- and -- basically the idol.

Base their food from the Mexican state of Puebla they have these humongous share which is called to -- -- glad that's like.

Basically Mexican sandwich on a hollow out a role -- People that she -- some bread -- -- it's absolutely magnificent.

Slopes of best place to go over and asked -- -- -- there aren't.

Absolutely I -- I do think sell stepped up higher and restaurant there's one called promoted get there that that's a good spot as well but you wanna get the best bang for your black.

You get this -- -- for about four dollars dates.

It's -- -- ID everywhere to try and if you want to drink something you -- -- -- -- -- drink at a taco truck Fidelity for its bloated get that the blood and get thirteen.

And honest taco truck to make -- -- thing is sure vegetarian.

I'm yes actually the deal.

I'm sure that they have I'm trying to remember the menu but -- of that.

What are the gray vegetarian options that people have a Mexican food -- tactic to grilled -- it was on the by lethal.

They're incredibly healthy you could make a talked a lot of that you didn't have to which he's -- that you -- for folks sort Begin need to have -- cactus top -- and it's really -- and more importantly it's healthy.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- yeah though that that came out last month and I've just been.

Slipping all across the United States that it's really great to be on -- -- dial it.

Well thank you and thank you for Bergen and time Hindus have percent of the stuff or out all the markets called taco euros saying bottom them along those morning talk -- -- -- I'll Max compared -- America trauma and is now until.