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Writings on the Wall: Faith and Fajitas

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Chef Bobby Flay challenged him to a Steak Fajita Throwdown…and Fr. Leo used his brown sugar and ginger sauce (and holy water?) to outgrill (and outpray) the challenger. Imagine that! One of Flay’s fortes is fajitas, and Fr. Leo beat …

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Pork Fajitas from Chef Josephine Castillo

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

From the Houston area, Josephine Castillo, a home economist and food consultant, cooks the Mexican favorite — fajitas. Traditionally, cheap beef skirt steak is marinated, grilled, sliced into strips, then served in flour tortillas with various toppings. Josephine effectively gilds the lily by substituting pork tender loin for skirt steak.

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Seafood Fajitas

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Seafood Fajitas Mark Holger Santa Fe Restaurant New Orleans These ‚“open-faced‚” fajitas present the wealth of the sea with a southwestern kick. Each arrives at the table with a tortilla along with rice, beans, and seafood, and its perfectly possible to fill the tortilla ‚Äî but more likely the diners will enjoy each part of [...]

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Laurenzo, Ninfa

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Ninfa Laurenzotaped atNinfa'sHouston TX It’s a story in the Horatio Alger tradition. From a taco stand in the barrio of Houston, Ninfa Laurenzo, a widow with five children, created a chain of respected restaurants. The strength of Ninfa’s is as basic as it is effective: a menu consisting of the foods of her childhood, such [...]

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Darling, Gary

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Gary Darling taped at Aunt Chilada’s Phoenix AZ http://www.auntchiladas.com The building housing Aunt Chilada´s, a restaurant within the Pointe Resort complex occupying a former mining operation on Squaw Peak, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The huge stone fireplaces were constructed at the turn of the century from stones quarried nearby, and [...]

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Laurenzo, Jack

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Jack Laurenzo and Mary Laurenzo SantosNinfa'sHouston TXhttp://www.mamaninfas.com It’s a story in the Horatio Alger tradition. From a taco stand in the barrio of Houston, Ninfa Laurenzo, a widow with five children, created a chain of highly respected, even revered, Southwestern restaurants. And now her children carry on in her absence, maintaining the reputation she built. [...]

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Laurenzo Santos, Mary

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Jack Laurenzo and Mary Laurenzo SantosNinfa'sHouston TXhttp://www.mamaninfas.com It’s a story in the Horatio Alger tradition. From a taco stand in the barrio of Houston, Ninfa Laurenzo, a widow with five children, created a chain of highly respected, even revered, Southwestern restaurants. And now her children carry on in her absence, maintaining the reputation she built. [...]

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fajitas ou arracheras

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

while tex-mex restaurateurs such as otilia garza and ninfa laurenzo were popularizing fajitas in houston and the valley during the 1970s, sonny falcon was introducing them to thousands of anglos and hispanics alike at his concession …

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Planet Taco | Tasty Recipes from Recipe Wizards

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

Discovery of authenticity Soon Rick Bayless, a Chicago chef and now TV cooking star on all things Mexican, and Mark Miller, a restaurateur in Santa Fe, NM, brought serious culinary attention to Mexican food, even as fajitas began …

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Tacos al carbon | Homesick Texan

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

Ninfa Laurenzo—of the eponymous Ninfa’s—made them her signature dish and as with her green sauce, many Houston Mexican restaurants soon added these tacos to their menus as well. Tacos al carbon became a ….. i never understand the difference between tacos al carbon and fajitas. someone made fajitas with grilled chicken at an iron chef party last week, but they looked like tacos to me! either way, you’re look super yum, and i’d eat them no matter what they were called ! …

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