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Texas Matters: Tacos, Tacos, And Where To Find Them

Norma Martinez

What could be more Texan than Tacos? Tacos are a favorite food but where are the best tacos?

And how did tacos become a culinary super star that it is today?

Certainly this wasn't always the case. For generations tacos were considered a food of the underclass and not appropriate for polite society.

But tacos have arrived.

Mando Reyo calls himself a taco journalist and with Jarod Neece has written the book “The Tacos of Texas.”

David Martin Davies can be reached at dmdavies@tpr.org and on Twitter at @DavidMartinDavi