Taco Culture With Javier Cabral

The Dave Chang Show

The Ringer

Society & Culture, Arts, Food

4.8 • 8.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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L.A. Taco's editor-in-chief, Javier Cabral, stops by the Spotify studio to teach Dave and Chris how to eat a carnitas taco the traditional Michoacán way. The trio then talks taco culture in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and beyond, as well as how Mexico rules supreme when it comes to tacos. They finish by discussing L.A. Taco's big Taco Madness event. On this subject, there is plenty to taco-bout! Hosts: Dave Chang and Chris YingGuest: Javier CabralVideo/Audio Producer: Felipe GuilherminoMajordomo Media Producers: Kelsey Rearden and David MeyerEditor: Stefano Sanchez Visit L.A. Taco here: https://lataco.com/Learn more about this year's Taco Madness here: https://lataco.com/tacos-at-madness-2025Check out this year's winner of Taco Madness here: https://lataco.com/taco-madness-2025Read about the taco stand that Dave, Chris, and Javier eat from in the episode here: https://lataco.com/carnitas-queen-los-angelesCheck out the article on magic mushrooms that Javier mentioned in the episode here: https://lataco.com/where-to-find-psychedelic-mushrooms-in-l-a Send in your questions to [email protected] to the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedavechangshowSubscribe to Recipe Club on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@recipeclubofficialSubmit your favorite food moments in your favorite movies to majorfoodporn.comJoin our community Discord on majordomo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:46.3	It's David here.
0:47.9	We had an interesting conversation with Javier Cabral, editor of L.A. Taco.
0:52.3	We're going to eat some delicious tacos from...
0:56.5	Tarnitas Los Cabrieles.
0:58.8	Located downtown L.A.
1:00.5	And get a little primer of how to eat it properly.
1:03.9	And we'll get a little conversation about tacos in general where taco
1:08.9	is going.
1:09.7	And it's sort of like a metaphor for
1:11.3	modern food culture and where things are going and I think it was a third or fourth
1:18.3	time on the podcast always a pleasure having them on then we're gonna get into a
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