Tacos of Texas
Mando Rayo
April 14, 2025
What is a carne asada and what can you expect if you’re invited?
Tortillas, sides, or a six-pack are a few things on the list of what to bring – just don’t come empty handed! Enjoying spring weather in Texas before it gets unbearably hot for some means getting outside and throwing something on the grill. Chargrilling meats and veggies to share with friends, family and neighbors is […]
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March 11, 2025
Mando Rayo walks through some of the terms you need to know if you want to cook tacos in Texas. You can learn more in the book “The Tacos of Texas.” The programming in this bonus episode of Tacos of Texas originally aired live on the Texas Standard in 2017. Still reading? We appreciate you! And […]
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March 4, 2025
Texas chefs have strong showing at James Beard Awards in recent years
Need to find your new go-to Mexican food spot? Taco journalist Mando Rayo has you covered as he talks about the 2024 James Beard Award nominees of Texas. The programming in this bonus episode of Tacos of Texas originally aired live on the Texas Standard in April 2024.
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February 25, 2025
Going to SXSW? How to get good tacos and avoid ‘taco traps’
Chances are if you’re going to South By Southwest this year, you’re gonna need to grab a bite on the fly. In this bonus episode of the Tacos of Texas podcast, Mando Rayo gives you the scoop on where to find the best tacos during SXSW and just as importantly, where not to! Bonus Taco […]
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February 18, 2025
Soup recipes for caldo weather that aren’t caldo
Mexican soup recipes to keep you warm this winter. From cozy classics like pozole and menudo, to more modern fusion dishes, like carnitas ramen.
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February 11, 2025
Why El Paso Mexican food hits different
In this bonus episode of the Tacos of Texas podcast, Mando Rayo, taco journalist joins the Texas Standard, to talk about El Paso’s unique flavors. The programming featured in this bonus episode was originally aired on the Texas Standard in February, 2024. As we gear up for the next season of Tacos of Texas, we […]
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February 7, 2025
‘It impacts all of us’: A Day Without Immigrants
Earlier this week, folks in several industries participated in an event called “A Day Without Immigrants.” The focus was to highlight the contributions immigrants make every day, including to the economy. Mando Rayo, taco journalist and host of the Tacos of Texas podcast spoke with Texas Standard about the protest and the contributions of the […]
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February 4, 2025
Taking your tacos to the next level in 2025 – BONUS
Mando Rayo shares his “taco hacks” for both restaurants and home cooking. This is a previously aired segment of the Texas Standard from 2024.
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About
El Seis of the Tacos of Texas Podcast is taco journalism at its core. We open with a mom cooking en la casa amid fears of ICE, we sit down with Gina Hinojosa on why she’s ready to take down Abbott, and head into the barrios where Tejano families built Austin’s taco scene, now fighting gentrification. We close our heaviest stretch with “conflict foods”outside a detention center in Dilley, tying today’s story back to the Japanese internment camps in Texas.
But it’s a season filled with sazon as well: a taco truck gone full halal, a live taping on Black, Indigenous, and Mexican Texan history, empanadas y pupusas, fajitas in San Antonio, three generations of Baja-style women in East Austin, the Taco Bell debate, and a Migas Madness showdown to close it out. Twelve episodes, one taco at a time, we’re continuing to share the stories of Tejas.
CREDITS:
IDENTITY Productions
http://www.identity.productions
Host and Producer: Mando Rayo
Story Producer: Sharon Arteaga
Audio Mixing: Nicholas Worthen &
Ever Calderon
Creative Producer: Dennis Burnett
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Mando Rayo’s experience is deep-rooted in Latinx & BIPOC communities. Mando is a digital story-teller and uses his Latinx identity to inspire and build bridges through his production company, IDENTITY. From working with Laredo Taco Company, Beef Loving Texans, KLRU-TV, PBS Austin, Whataburger, Austin Film Society, People en Español y más, Mando shares stories through food, culture, documentaries and digital platforms. As an avid taco ambassador, food explorer and street ethnographers, Mando has traveled across the U.S. to uncover the tastiest tacos, from the Rio Grande Valley in Texas to L.A. and New Orleans to New York City. Mando is the producer and co-author of ‘The Tacos of Texas book (UT Press) & docu-series with PBS Digital Studios and United Tacos of America TV Show on El Rey Network. Mando’s work has been featured on Bon Appetit Magazine, The Food Network, NPR, The New York Times and SXSW.
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