Word: chorizo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Appetizers include Tex-Mex standbys like nachos, guacamole and chorizo-studded queso-fundido. However, a few more innovative twists and flair, such as spicy Aztec soup ($2.95), with its thick tomato base brimming with onions, corn, chile and lime, topped with strips of tortilla chips. Smoky Avocado Chipotle Salsa ($3.95) resembles a cross between salsa and chunky guacamole, served with Tostones, which are fried plantain chips. Peel-N-Eat shrimp ($6.95) are an even more unusual addition to a Tex-Mex menu, served with spicy cocktail sauce and a side of salsa fresca. For grease-craving grazers, the Baja Sampler...
...Coral Gables, harks back to his Cuban- American roots in adding to the new vocabulary. One recent dinner featured teeny tamales stuffed with foie gras and duck confit; yellowtail snapper encrusted with a mix of avocado, stone-crab meat and crushed peanuts; and loin of pork filled with chorizo and smoked over guava bark. "Guava bark!" he says. "Who else is doing that?" More and more talented Floridians, happily, every...