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Latino USA

José Ralat, Taco Editor

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

News, Politics, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

José Ralat is the Taco Editor at Texas Monthly Magazine and consequently the only taco editor in the United States.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Futuro.

0:06.8

How many taco editors are there in the United States of America?

0:10.6

Technically just me.

0:17.1

From Futuro Miria, it's Latino USA.

0:19.9

The

0:21.3

United States of America.

0:25.8

Futuro Miria.

0:32.0

Jose Ralat has the kind of job that some foodies dream about.

0:37.2

He's the taco editor at Texas Monthly magazine.

0:40.9

Ralat also has a new book out, it's called American Tacos, A History and Guide.

0:46.8

The book dives into the evolution of tacos in the United States and their history in

0:51.6

the borderlands.

0:53.7

When we think of tacos, we usually think of them as a distinct Mexican food.

0:59.3

But according to Ralat, he says that's only half of the story.

1:04.1

Tacos are also as American as apple pie.

1:10.7

He says from the breakfast kind to the puffy shell kind, the variety of tacos that have

1:16.2

sprung up in different regions of the United States show that this is also a distinctly

1:22.0

American food.

1:23.6

But the rising popularity of tacos in the United States has, well, made a lot of us kind

1:28.6

of sewers.

1:29.8

In fact, TV shows like Netflix, Taco Chronicles have given a different light to this simple yet

1:35.5

so complex of a dish.

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