There are festivals and then there is the annual Agave Heritage Festival, which is in a category of its own! The enriching and interactive four-day event dedicated to agave and the Southwest’s relationship to Mexico and the great Sonoran Desert region offers a unique perspective into the flavors…
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Tucson, Arizona, is not just a desert gem renowned for its stunning landscapes and vibrant culture; it's also a culinary hotspot, especially celebrated for being the home to America’s Best Mexican Food. As the first city in the United States to be designated a UNESCO City of Gastronomy, Tucson…
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Tucson's culinary landscape is celebrated for its vibrant and diverse food scene, and one dish that truly shines in the city's culinary tapestry is the humble yet delicious taco. With an array of flavors, influences, and styles, Tucson's taco offerings are a gastronomic adventure waiting to be…
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For more than 4,000 years, the land around Tucson and along the Santa Cruz River has been cultivated by its human inhabitants, beginning with the Hohokam—the ancestors of the Tohono O’odham and Akimel O’odham. Early farmers dug swales and berms to catch summer rains and cultivated plants that grew…
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Who's behind Tucson's incredible Mexican food? A series of talented women unafraid to break down some walls. By Jackie Alpers Close your eyes and think of what a chef looks like. What you imagine probably varies – it might be someone in a white coat with a tall hat, it might be a specific…
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A first-person take on what makes Tucson's Mexican Food so hot! A Tasty Sampling of “America's Best Mexican Food” in Tucson, Arizona by Edie Jarolim I know I’m not alone in craving Mexican food at all hours of the day. Happily, I live in a city with a huge concentration of excellent, authentic…
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Is 12th Ave America's Best Mexican Food's Main Drag? In the twenty-plus years since I moved to Tucson from Manhattan, I’ve seen the dining scene blossom beyond my wildest foodie dreams. It’s been a while since I’ve had any culinary cravings I couldn’t satisfy. But I still love the homey, authentic…
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We’ve known it—those of us who eat here have tasted it. We’ve felt it in the soil under our fingernails. We’ve seen it in the magenta stain of prickly pear. We’ve heard it in the hammer mill grinding sweet speckled mesquite; smelled it in the exhale of steam from a crowded pot of tamales. Tucson has…
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A Taco for Everyone “What do you feel like eating?” Attempting to answer this question will usually send you down a crazy internet search, where you’re scrolling through an endless lists of restaurants. Your eyes will start to burn and that’s when you’ll look at your watch and discover that you’ve…
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