(Featured Photo: Toro Latin Restaurant & Rum Bar’s Shrimp Ceviche/Facebook Photo) By Isabel Byfield We all adore tacos, there is no doubt about that; but Latin food goes way beyond the tortillas and carne asada that we all love. UNESCO
By: Cindy G. Castillo Pupusas are the national food of El Salvador; so popular in fact, that the second Sunday of every November the Salvadorian government has declared as the National Day of the Pupusa. This year, the Valley is
By: Isabel Byfield The word Brunch appeared in a printed publication in 1896 when writer Guy Beringer described the meal between breakfast and lunch as “by eliminating the need to get up early on Sunday, brunch would make life brighter…
By Isabel Byfield The Desert Botanical Garden offers more than just stunning views of the saguaro landscapes – it also offers great food and family fun. A new fall menu is available at Gertrude’s, featuring some Mexican comfort food classics
By Isabel Byfield Your abuelitas caldo is the new healthy trend that everyone is talking about. Bone broth o caldo de hueso, one of the staples in Latin kitchen, is now being recognized for its healing properties. Bone broth is
Let’s taco ’bout a holiday that EVERYONE should be celebrating- National Taco Day (October 4th)! This year, National Taco Day falls on a Tuesday, making it the ultimate #TacoTuesday. Instead of going out to a local Mexican restaurant, why not
By Isabel Byfield Chef Forest Hamrick from La Hacienda at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess has been crowned the “Guac King” at the most recent “Rock The Guac”, one of the upcoming Arizona Taco Festival events. Chef Hamrick competed against some
By Brian Garrido For ten months, I’ve been honored to write for Arizona Latinos. I never took the position lightly, treating it as an opportunity to do something I loved doing – writing about food. While in this position, I
(Phoenix, AZ) — Macayo’s Mexican Kitchen is excited to be celebrating its 70th Anniversary officially on Monday, September 26, 2016. With seven decades of serving the great state of Arizona, Macayo’s has become an iconic piece of living history in the community.
By Brian Garrido When I moved to Arizona last year, I wondered what kind of culinary treats I would find. I knew – no, expected — to find extraordinary food from people of Mexican descent. Yet, the question was what
