Word: mex
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Students lined up to sample potato skins, rolls, hamburgers, and sliders at one table and eagerly crafted their own crepes at another. Inside the cafeteria’s great wooden doors were platters of fruit and cheese, with a batch of Chex Mex thrown in for good measure. And of course, the most important beverage of the evening lay in wait where the grill is normally situated: hot cider. Mhmm...
...strong arm of the conservatorship is felt in everything from Spears' curtailed spending to the weeding out of people who are considered bad influences. Even her downtime on the tour was carefully choreographed. When Spears' tour bus pulled into Pittsburgh, Pa., in March, the manager of the local Mad Mex restaurant didn't think twice about Spears' advance team's request: no flash photography, and her tables were not to be offered Red Bull or alcohol. Hard to argue with the results: a low-key meal devoid of drama. The most exciting thing the manager had to say was that...
...leaves are married with chicken livers, and Gâtinais pork with the violet leaves of Pontoise cabbage, that goes without saying. "With his project, Yannick is showing us we have extraordinary culinary riches at our doorstep," Hubig says. Change has even come to Cowgirl Tacos, Paris' sole Tex-Mex cooking school and caterer. Ever since chef Ellise Pierce tasted true Paris mushrooms grown in 19th century quarries, she has been stuffing her enchiladas with nothing else. She also plans to fill her Texas chili with Ile-de-France's centuries-old beans, the haricot de Soissons. The 18th century...
...concept of mobile food-vending has long existed without the benefit of architectspeak. Mexican taco trucks have been part of the L.A. landscape for decades. And in recent years, other local food vendors have taken the humble truck concept gourmet. There is the venerated Kogi truck, which dispenses Korean-Mex tacos and makes ample use of Twitter to advertise its location. And other vans, purveying everything from shave ice to Vietnamese sandwiches, have also mushroomed - all despite a controversial citywide edict, put into effect last spring, that requires them to move at least every 30 minutes. (The law remains largely...
Restaurateur Norman Brinker, 78, the creator of the salad bar, made a fortune by merging fast food and upscale dining. He started Bennigan's in 1976 and turned the Tex-Mex chain Chili's into an international brand...