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Filed under: Lunch, Dinner, Hors D'oeuvres, Snacks, Restaurants, New Products, Fast Food, Mexico, Vegetarian/Vegan, Food News''Eat Beautiful. Feel Beautiful.'' That's the message on the cover of Empanada Joe's new brochure. Empanada Joe's has two (and soon to be three) locations in New York City, and brings a traditional Mexican favorite to ...

Q: What do you get when you cross one sour-loving Candy Addict with a whole sleeve of sour power gumballs? A: One very happy customer with a very sore jaw. I wasn’t all that excited to get these gumballs, since I’ve had a particularly long run of not-really-sour sour candies to eat lately. The package also [...]

When we were first offered these review samples of Tequila Caramels, nobody on the staff wanted to try them. Tequila and caramel just doesn’t sound very appetizing. Since I enjoy a good margarita and have been known to do a tequila shot or two from time to time, I figured I’d give them a [...]

One of the advantages to being the only Candy Addict writer outside of North America is that people send me cool stuff to try - stuff which I would never find here in Australia. In this case an Arizona-based Candy Addict sent me a bunch of weird and wonderful Mexican candy to taste test. Having [...]

Filed under: South America, Beef, Pork, Meat, Mexico I'm posting images of sausage counters the world over each weeknight (and occasionally weekend) witching hour (until I run out), so please use the comments section to post links to your Flickr or personal site faves, and perhaps you'll see 'em posted here late some evening. VIA: ...

Filed under: Spirits, Tequila, Mexico, Raising the Bar, Summer I've got a bias against infusions. I admit it, and I feel so much better for having gotten that off my chest. Why the bias? I'm not sure. Maybe it has something to do with altering the integrity of a spirit. Maybe because everyone with a mason jar has got some science experiment going ...

Filed under: South America, Beef, Pork, Meat, Mexico Sausage Counter -- Oaxaca, Mexico VIA: johnd atl's flickrstream Previously - Midnight Sausage: Paris I'm posting images of sausage counters the world over each weeknight witching hour (until I run out), so please use the comments section to post links to your Flickr or personal site faves, ...

Filed under: Dinner, Beef, Recipes, Frying, Mexico With Cinco de Mayo right around the corner, my brain is buzzing with thoughts of Mexican food -- burritos, tamales, chorizo. But at some point, thoughts switch to faux Mexican dishes, the US concoctions that are more fusion than ethnic. This then leads me to my first forays into recipe creation. ...

Filed under: Parties, Recipes, Cocktails, America, Spirits, Liquor Cabinet, Tequila, Festivals, Mexico, Celebrations, Holidays, Raising the BarDespite evidence to the contrary, Cinco de Mayo is not Spanish for 'another excuse to get totally faced.' What Cinco de Mayo has come to signify in this country, however, is exactly that. Just like we knock ...

Filed under: Snacks, Vegetables, America, Mexico, Local EatingWhile Mexico has got to be in my top five best countries for street food - tacos al pastor with pineapple and loads of cilantro at the market in Mexico City, huitlacoche (corn fungus) and squash blossom quesadillas in the park in downtown Cancun, steaming chicken tamales wrapped in wet ...