Taco Tuesday: Hunkering down with carnitas and ceviche

Carnitas might be the quintessential pandemic food. It travels well. It stores well. It’s easy to reheat. Everyone should have a large tub of fatty Mexican-style pulled pork in their fridge during a pandemic. The carnitas from Red O in Newport...

Carnitas might be the quintessential pandemic food. It travels well. It stores well. It’s easy to reheat. Everyone should have a large tub of fatty Mexican-style pulled pork in their fridge during a pandemic. The carnitas from Red O in Newport...

There is hope in the sight of Wes Avila’s sweet potato taco splotched with almond salsa. It’s a patch of sunshine on days when we may not be otherwise noticing blue sky. I gobbled one recently while picking up an “emergency taco kit” from Avila’s...

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I admit it. My eyes involuntarily rolled upon seeing the Brussels & Bacon guacamole on the menu at Puesto. Here, I thought, was what’s wrong with the state of restaurant dishes these days. Take a food trend that’s already played-out (Brussels...

I’ve eaten chicken for dinner far too many nights in a row during this pandemic. Admittedly some of it has been very, very good. But in all these months I don’t think I’ve had a better chicken dinner than the family-style care package I picked up...