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Dallas: Modern Mexican | Tacos of Texas Ep. 6 - Duration: 10:11.
- Taco tip #214:
When critiquing a taco masterpiece...
- [Mando] Always consider the holy trinity. Number one:
- [Jarod] Are the tortillas fresh?
Number two:
- [Mando] Are los fillings hecho con amor?
- Number three:
- [Jarod] And is the salsa spicy?
(Cumbia music)
- I'm Jarod Neece.
- I'm Mando Rayo.
- We're taco journalists exploring the iconic tacos
of Texas through the eyes of the people who make them.
- We're in Dallas, Texas.
- Big D.
- [Mando] Home of the Dallas Cowboys.
- [Jarod] Birthplace of the frozen margaritas machine,
and big hair.
- Don't care.
We're going to visit with Revolver Taco Lounge, Cedars Social
and Trompo and get a taste for modern Mexican.
- [Jarod] We're at The Cedars Social in the South side
of Dallas. Where every taco is a work of art.
- My name is Anastacia Quiñones, I'm the executive chef
at The Cedars Social in Dallas, Texas.
I think we're creating a buzz right now with the dishes that
we're creating because it's something
that people haven't really seen.
So for example, we are making flavored masas
and that's taking the traditional tortilla
and adding a flavor component for example a carrot habanero
tortilla with a fried fish taco or a cilantro poblano
with a pork belly.
- [Jarod] I'd say, it almost looks too good to eat.
Almost.
- No, I will eat that.
- It's definitely not.
- [Mando] That's the difference between traditional
street tacos to this whole modern approach.
It's like visually, it's just stunning. Right?
So you definitely want to like, oh I want to taste every
little piece of it.
- [Anastacia] We start with the flavored tortilla
and then a protein. And then just kind of layers.
So it could something sweet, salty, acidic, crunchy, spicy
and that will that's gonna be really hot though.
- It's a habanero.
- Oh okay. Alright that works. Yeah.
- That's how I do.
- Okay, alright.
(laughter)
- Would this be considered modern Mexican?
- I mean I guess it's modern, it's all typical ingredients
its just how you choose your flavor profiles
to come together. Because I was kind of classically
French trained--
- And what does that mean, classically trained?
- I went to the CIA New York Hyde Park,
and I worked at some of the best restaurants.
I worked at Jarnidiere in San Francisco
and kind of worked my way up.
Came back to Dallas and wanted to really embrace the food
culture here and there wasn't really a lot of it.
So, I took my background and what I was kind of taught
and took traditional Mexican dishes and just elevated it
a little bit. Either added a twist
or added a secret ingredient, or a changed the plating
up of it. I mean its a humbling experience to go
from making $300 tasting menus to making a $9 entree.
It was very humbling, but I had to--
I knew that it was something that I needed to do
to be able to help Mexican food shine in a Tex-Mex
region.
(musica folklorica)
♪ Yo tenia mi cascabel con una cinta morada, ♪
♪ con una cinta morada yo tenia mi cascabel. ♪
♪ Yo tenia mi cascabel con una cinta morada, ♪
♪ con una cinta morada yo tenia mi cascabel. ♪
- [Jarod] And now we're at Trompo just outside of Oak Cliff
in the West side of Dallas.
- [Mando] And we're going to continue to explore the
new Americano style and see what all the buzz is about.
- My name is Luis Olvera. I own Trompo out of Dallas, Texas.
(chip crunch)
- [Luis] Trompo is the Regio sty or the Northern Mexican region
style of taco al pastor.
I tinkered with my recipe for months.
You know, I didn't let anybody taste it.
I toyed with different toppings and different things
and I came to this.
Tres trompo?
- [Mando] Yeah and a gringa.
- Una gringa?
- A lot of people may think of some certain stereotypes
when they here about Dallas, like what is your Dallas?
- Me.
- [Luis] You know, it's eclectic, it's diverse.
Big hair,
the oil barons, the Dallas site.
I'm sure it exists, but in my world, it's beautiful.
Our world is so much bigger now.
I have so many more experiences.
I have so much more that I can play with in my kitchen,
because people are open to work with each
to learn from each other. You see it over and over again.
And you seeing a lot more younger chefs that are coming
together, working together and that is key.
You know, there are so many of us that
whether we are classically trained
or whether we were trained through the kitchen
or through our family, we are able to come together.
And we're able to say, oh this is what I take
from my experience, what do you take from your experience?
Lets collab, lets do popups, lets work together,
lets do this, lets do that. So, I think Dallas scene
and modern cuisine especially modern Mexican, it goes
hand in hand.
- [Mando] One, two, three, four, five.
It was great to catch up with Luis and see how far he's come
from backyard speakeasy to Bon Appetit.
- Where his minimalist style and unmatched attention
to detail keeps him at the top of Dallas' taco game.
(mariachi song)
♪ Ay, sandunga. Sandunga mama por dios. ♪
♪ Sandunga no seas ingrata mama de mi corazon. ♪
- [Mando] We're here deep in the heart of Ellum.
- [Jarod] There's breweries, popup shops, people everywhere
and Revolver Taco Lounge.
- We're gonna talk to the man behind the octopus taco.
- [Regino] My name is Regino Rojas
from Yurecuaro, Michoacan and I'm proprietario de
Revolver Taco Lounge in the fabulous neighborhood
of Deep Ellum.
- [Jarod] So Gino thanks for inviting us here
to your restaurant.
- No, I didn't invite you guys. You guys just came,
but it's fantastic I love you guys.
(laughter)
- [Jarod] So you're specializing in what we're calling
modern Mexican, what is modern Mexican to you?
- I don't specialize in modern Mexican. That doesn't exist.
(bang)
What you think is modern is just creative people
pairing things with what's already traditional.
A lot of people think that it's a newer, hipper thing
to use an octopus but in the coast of Michoacan
we make carnitas everything man. Everything.
I make my octopus carnitas, the most traditional way
and I just simply serve it with a jalapeño salsa
and some fried leeks; that's it.
For some people think it's modern, but it's not.
- [Jarod] What does it mean to be recognized by someone like
the James Beard Foundation?
- Dude, it's a great thing for me
because you know, I'm not a chef.
I am a cocinero tradicional.
- [Mando] So speaking of where you come from,
where did revolver come from?
(cymbals)
- Revolver comes from a little kid...
(gulps water)
A little kid with a dream,
to show everybody
my culture and my mother because that's my school.
So when I express myself like this and it gets recognized
by people, you know that really know about it
oh man it gets me nice.
- [Mando] Yeah.
- Because it's great for my culture, for my roots,
where I come from.
And if my food may not be the best looking
food in the world, maybe it not be fancy looking
but it hits you in the heart
and that's what is Mexican food.
It's heart and soul of Mexican food.
(Mexican song)
- [Luis Villalva] Modern Mexican for me is playing
with all the ingredients getting together,
balance the flavors, put them all in one plate.
Its just to keep it simple.
- [Luis Olvera] It's part of Mexican modern, it's opening
your doors to the outside world. It's so easy
to shut yourself out. It's so easy to say,
well this is authentic, or this is typical
or this is traditional.
- If, you know, Japanese and Italians and Greek
and all these other cultures can do elevated food
their way, why can't we?
We're in a new era where people are just now
starting to appreciate it and it's been great.
Salud guys.
(glasses clink)
(guitar)
- [Mando] Dallas blew me away, after talking to AQ, Luis,
and Regino and their approach and cooking style
on the modern taco.
- And modern Mexican doesn't have to be fine dining
or pretentious, it's all about these chefs using the high
quality ingredients, having a strong attention to detail
and high standards.
- And it's great to see the chefs get the national
recognition and respect that they deserve.
Which makes me proud of my culture.
- Are you ready for the desert?
- I want some more.
- Alright so heres the thing about this taco right here,
it's a s'mores taco and it's a legit taco.
- It is a chocolate tortilla, Mexican chocolate tortilla--
- Yeah, abuelita chocolate de abuelita. You know,
you Mexicans out there. You know what kind of chocolate
this is.
- And for all you gringos, Nestle Quick.
- (laughs) No.
(laughter)
- [Mando] In the next proximo show, I'll visit my hometown
Chuco town.
- [Jarod] In the West Texas town of El Paso.
- [Mando] We'll make carnitas and hone in on my grassroots
cocinero skills.
- [Jarod] And see how El Pasoens are changing perceptions
and breaking stereotypes.
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AL.com Insider: Insight on Auburn-Texas A&M with Ben Baby - Duration: 4:35.
What's going on? We're cruising into Week 10 of the college football season.
Auburn coming off a bye week, they welcome Texas A&M to Jordan-Hare Stadium
Both teams 5-3 coming into this one and we're gonna welcome in Ben Baby
from the Dallas Morning News to talk a little bit more about Texas A&M.
Let's start -- let's hit the rewind button. This past week a disappointing
loss to Mississippi State. It's been a year of ups and downs for
this Texas A&M team, kind of like Auburn. Overall what was your biggest takeaway
from this football game against Mississippi State especially on the
offensive side of the football? You know I think the biggest thing is that you
know A&M came into that Mississippi State game having won three in a row but
it was really the same team that ended up -- all the same things that ailed them
in that winning streak ended up being what cost them against Mississippi State
Really just the inability to you know stop teams -- opposing teams'
passing attacks. And then on the flip side, being able to score touchdowns in all
SEC games. This year A&M's failed to score more than two offensive touchdowns of
regulation. And you know, that you can get away with that if your defense is
playing really well, but like we saw against Mississippi State, if you aren't
able to contain the other team and you've got to put up points that becomes
problematic. So that's something that A&M definitely needs to fix moving forward
and starting this weekend against Auburn. Yes so since 2012 when Texas A&M came
into the SEC there's 3-0 at Jordan-Hare Stadium. So my question for
you coming into this matchup, what will be a big key for victory for Texas A&M to get
the win against Auburn? You know number one they've got to be able to contain
Jarrett Stidham. I know that that Auburn offense is kind of struggling at
times and hasn't been what Auburn fans wanted to look like, but the same can be
said for South Carolina and Mississippi State and both their
quarterbacks ended up finding success against the Aggies secondary.
Stidham is definitely a capable quarterback. A lot of folks around here
remember what it was like watching him carve up defenses when he was at
Stephenville and then whenever he went to Baylor there was a lot of promise
still around what he'd be able to do and I still think he's a really
good quarterback. And one Auburn finds the best way to use him around
the current personnel I think Auburn will have a
pretty good offense. And A&M's gonna have to be able to contain him. And then on
the offensive side of the ball A&M's got to contain Auburn's
pass rush. One of the league leaders in team sacks and tackles for loss.
A&M's gonna have a backup guard on the starting lineup in addition to already
having a young offensive line. And A&M leads the SEC in sacks allowed by a mile
so that could be a really big matchup to watch on Saturday. OK so as we enter
into the final stretch of the season here in the month of November, you
know Texas A&M still has up quite a few matchups. They've got Ole Miss, they got to
go up against LSU and a feisty UAB team that has performed well in the
Conference USA. Overall when you look at the body of work that Jimbo Fisher has
put together as the head coach in his first season at College Station what's
the overall consensus and the thoughts from the fan base thus far and really
projecting forward what really needs to happen this month for you know fans to
kind of have a good taste in their mouth, a good feel as they move forward?
You know I think it really depends on what happens with these next few games one of
the reasons that loss to Mississippi State was so frustrating is because it
was a thorn in their side under the last few years under Kevin Sumlin and you
hope that when you got a guy like Jimbo Fisher he'd be able to you know
alleviate kind of some of those those old -- or exorcise some of
those old demons. And on Saturday it just wasn't the case. Mississippi State
just ended up being a really tough matchup for A&M. you know I still think if they
end up going to you know if they finish 7-5 I think fans will be a
little frustrated given how how well they started the year I think if you get
to 8-4, which I thought at the beginning of the year would be a very
good season first year for Jimbo, I think fans will be happy especially if you're
able to knock off LSU potentially at home which is gonna be a
big ask given how well that defense has played all year. But you know I think
winning on Saturday and beating Ole Miss would definitely go a long way
for fans feeling good about what happened at the end of the year. You know
ultimately I think A&M should -- if they finished their final three SEC games
with a 2-1 record I think fans will be really happy about what happened
this year and be optimistic moving forward under the rest of
Fisher's tenure. All right thanks so much he's Ben Baby, Dallas Morning News.
You can catch him there thank you all your insight. Of course Auburn-Texas A&M
kicking off at 11 a.m. in Jordan-Hare Stadium. And for all your Auburn Tiger
updates you can visit us on AL.com. This video was brought to you by Caliber.
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Texas Voters Facing Major Intimidation At The Polls From Ted Cruz Supporters - Duration: 3:27.
Early voting has begun in most states here in the U.S., and in Texas, in particular,
early voting has been huge.
Tens of thousands of people have shown up all over the state to cast an early vote.
We've all seen the pictures and the videos of these long, long lines, people waiting
for an hour or more just to go in and cast their ballot early.
What we're also getting now in addition to those photos of the people standing there
waiting to exercise and do their civil duty are reports of voter intimidation at the hands
of right wingers in the state of Texas.
See, the latest polls actually show that Ted Cruz and Beto O'Rourke are in a statistical
dead heat.
That race is a toss up, and it's going to come down to voter turn out, who gets more
people to come to the polls.
Republicans understand that.
So now these average, angry Republican voters are actually showing up at polling places
illegally, by the way, and trying to intimidate voters to get them to leave without casting
a vote.
At one polling place, they actually reported there was a Republican voter walking around
looking over people's shoulder as they were trying to fill out their ballot and then interrogating
them about their politics.
That is highly illegal.
The person had to be removed by police officers after poll workers asked the person to leave
and they refused.
They refused.
They wanted to stay there and intimidate these voters to get them to turn around.
In other incidences, they've reported people driving by polling places with these long
lines with bullhorns shouting at them, calling them baby killers, swamp monsters, alligators
in the swamp.
All of these Republican talking points.
The goal here is to make these newly minted voters, perhaps new citizens to the United
States voting for the first time.
It's to intimidate them and make them leave.
They don't want to deal with any harassment.
They don't want to deal with anybody looking over their shoulder or screaming at them.
So it's better to just walk away from the poll and not vote, or at least that's what
these Republicans are hoping is going to happen, and they're doing it because they want to
make sure that Ted Cruz wins this election.
So I leave you with this message, voter intimidation is illegal.
If it happens within 100 feet of a polling place in the state of Texas or in any other
state that has that 100 foot rule, you are allowed to go tell the poll workers, and they
will have those people removed.
If it happens beyond 100 feet of a polling place, call the police, and the police will
come take care of it.
You have legal options.
You are under protection trying to vote.
If all else fails, dial 9-1-1, get someone to come out there and remove these people
who are trying to prevent you from exercising your Democratic rights and doing your civic
duty.
If you are allowed to vote, you're allowed to vote without being harassed.
Don't let these Republicans in the state of Texas throw the election to Ted Cruz just
because they wanted to scream at you while you were waiting in line.
Do something about it.
Call the police and get them out of there.
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NFL Protests Stir Culture War For Voters In Southeastern Texas | NPR - Duration: 9:47.
DAVID GREENE: In Houston, Texas —
maybe more than most places — football looms large.
And so it is no surprise that NFL protests
during the national anthem have spilled into daily life.
RONNIE MITCHEM: I told the whole team exactly what would happen if they did kneel.
JOHN BARRETT: People of color have been saying they have been mistreated for years.
Police brutality — now people are talking about it.
INDIA LANDRY: It's going to take time, but eventually it'll change things.
GREENE: And of course, President Trump himself continues to weigh in.
TRUMP: Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners —
when somebody disrespects our flag —
to say, "Get that son of a b**** off the field right now.
Out! He's fired. He's fired!"
What began as protests against racial injustice
has morphed into a culture war.
It's messy. It's personal.
And in many ways, it's about what it means
for people of many races, backgrounds and politics to share the symbol of the American flag.
Just outside Houston, a highway divides two small towns:
one largely black, the other largely white.
Ronnie Mitchem is a pastor in Crosby, Texas,
and behind his church is the field where he coached a small but proud home-school football team.
Last year, Mitchem told his players that if they wanted to protest,
they could do it anytime, except during the anthem at their games.
And still, two of his players — both African-American — defied him,
and he then kicked them off the team.
The ensuing media coverage, the controversy, a few graduations —
resulted in Mitchem disbanding the football program altogether.
How painful was that for you, to watch your season unravel like that?
MITCHEM: I'd known my two players who knelt for two seasons.
One of them had been at my house, spent the night many times.
Him and my son were good friends.
This was a kid who actually on my birthday of 2017 wrote on Twitter:
"To the best coach you could ever have." Or "ask for."
You know, it was probably one of the ...
I know to other people it doesn't seem much, but to me
it was just one of the hardest moments of my life.
It broke my heart that they did that, because I thought we had an agreement.
Second of all, I knew that things were never going to be the same.
GREENE: So you brought up the whole kneeling question with them.
MITCHEM: Yeah, I talked with them about it and
I said, "Actually, you know the issue with the kneeling is
that it's disrespectful to those men and women who serve.
First of all, it's disrespectful to your country,
because you live in the greatest country on the face of the earth.
You're blessed already to be born an American.
So you've got a blessing." I said and then,
"You're looking at these men who have died and give everything for you and sacrificed.
They didn't have a life.
They were 18 years old just like some of you, and they died on a beach somewhere.
Never had the privilege to have a wife or kid or family."
And I said also, because you know it seemed to be about color to some extent and race.
I said that, "You know, there were white men who fought for the national anthem,
I mean for the flag, who fought to free slaves.
So when everybody wants to get you in this debate,
understand there were men who died, who were white, to free slaves.
So you know, we're not going to do this."
And my point was we're just going to show respect, and I expect that out of you.
GREENE: You said that you have taught these young men respect and that that's so important to you.
You know these two players have talked about that they felt —
not that they were disrespecting the flag —
they wanted to join a movement to speak out about how African-Americans are treated in this country.
Wouldn't it be the ultimate show of respect to them
or you to put your personal views about flag and country — as strong as they are — aside
to let them do something that is so important to them?
MITCHEM: Not when it comes to disrespecting my country. No.
I find it offensive.
I love those two boys, but if they love me in return and showed respect ...
I have rules. They know my rules.
You don't get respect by showing disrespect.
Because if you lose that symbol of America,
then what draws all of us — black, white, Hispanic, everybody — together.
Then, I mean, we're losing the symbol that should represent all of us.
And so disrespecting it — to me, it's the way I felt —
is just tearing that down in our society.
GREENE: Just across the highway from Crosby sits Barrett Station.
And that is where we met John Barrett.
He's the great-grandson of the freed slave who founded this town.
John Barrett maintains the estate, and he hosted us in his family museum.
Before we turned the microphones on, you were telling me a story about two girls,
little girls who visited your family's estate. Can you tell me that again?
BARRETT: Yeah. My cousin was throwing a festival.
They were on the opposite side of the compound, and they were looking over —
because when you look over from over there, and you see the house, it's just beautiful.
And they basically said amongst themselves:
They couldn't believe that these white people allowed all of these black people here.
And I just paused and looked at them for a second,
and I thought, "Oh, my God. We've got so far to go."
GREENE: What role does this moment play in that journey?
BARRETT: This moment right now is exposing the truth.
It's showing you that these issues really are real.
And the protest that Colin has brought about ...
I have an issue with him taking a knee. The knee is submissive.
There's nothing submissive about this. He should stand with his fist in the air.
GREENE: Colin Kaepernick and others, you're saying?
BARRETT: Yes. So he took it a step further and became submissive.
And people have an issue with that.
And that just tells you when you hear someone saying,
"Oh, he's being unpatriotic" or whatever. "He's disrespecting the flag" or whatever.
Man, he's taking a knee.
When you pray, you get on your knees.
People of color have been saying they've been mistreated for years, and people dismiss it.
"Oh, you're pulling the race card."
"Oh, that's really not happening. Oh, this. Oh, that."
Well, it did.
I mean, how many more episodes do we need?
GREENE: And are you saying that the racism that still exists in our country needed to be exposed?
BARRETT: And our president couldn't have done a better job.
I commend him for it. He pulled the cover off of all of it.
He did.
I thank him.
GREENE: He very famously came out and called NFL players who were protesting SOBs.
BARRETT: Honestly, it was trying ... it was dying out.
And when he di that, he stirred it back up.
GREENE: Are you glad that he stirred it back up?
Well, he's bringing — and maybe that was secretly his plan —
he's bringing issues back to the forefront.
GREENE: But you said you didn't necessarily like ...
BARRETT: I didn't like his choice of words, but by him doing that
he stirred it up, brought it back and now we have to deal with it.
GREENE: So is two years enough and now it's time to move on
to the next phase of what you're talking about, or do you want Trump to keep stirring this?
BARRETT: I don't want the stirring to continue.
No, I don't want the stirring to continue at all.
I think we need to come center now.
I think our president needs to bring his center now.
Now that he's done it and shown it, he needs to become a uniter.
GREENE: Do you see that happening?
BARRETT: He could do it.
GREENE: Do you see Donald Trump doing it?
BARRETT: I would like for him to do it.
I would like ... that would be a wonderful thing.
I would love to see him become a uniter now.
He's shown us. Now fix us.
GREENE: You really can't visit Texas on a Friday night without finding a football game, right?
I was in the stands here with India Landry,
who — as a sixth-grader, six years ago — started protesting police violence
by staying seated during the Pledge of Allegiance at school.
Her gesture took on new dimensions when NFL players began protesting in 2016,
and during her senior year she was expelled for not standing for the pledge.
So no one kneeled tonight?
LANDRY: No one kneeled. No, no one kneeled tonight.
GREENE: What do you think of that? Do you ...
LANDRY: I'm not against it. I wouldn't do it. I would kneel.
GREENE: You would kneel? If you were out there?
LANDRY: Mmm hmm.
GREENE: In just a few weeks, India is going to be coming off the sidelines.
She's going to vote for the very first time.
LANDRY: I remember being younger and like "I wish I could vote."
And now I'm able to. It matters most now, probably more than ever.
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