Arizonans will tell you they love Mexican food. Our longstanding local breed of AZ-Mex — a distinctive and sometimes messy amalgam of Mexican, American and Native American influences — is just a tiny ...

Birria tacos are typically made with beef, but it's also delicious with goat. As a Chicago local, these are my two favorite ...

The colonization of Mexico by Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century brought the Aztec empire to its knees. The devastation began with soldiers and ended with goats. You see after the Spanish ...

The meat: Trim most of the fat from the meat. Place in a large noncorrosive dish. The chile marinade: Heat a griddle or heavy skillet over medium. Tear the chiles into flat pieces and toast them a few ...

This city has plenty of restaurants such as Flor del Rio, Birria de Don Boni and Birrieria Tlaquepaque, and weekend stands offering traditional birria de chivo (Mexican goat stew) served with a bowl ...

Poor Jeff Overley. He's a good reporter for The Orange County Register who usually covers Newport Beach, but also contributes posts for the paper's Food Frenzy blog. A couple of weeks ago, Overley ...

Bill Esparza is a James Beard award-winning food journalist, author of LA Mexicano, and onscreen food television personality covering food in United States and Latin America. Around 1997, Silverio ...

There is a Compton strip mall, not far from Kevin Bludso's ash-black smokers, where birria de chivo is served. Of course, it's not hard to find Mexican food in Compton, or Central American food for ...

Ask Maria Lopez what she puts in her adobo at Hola Cabrito and she'll tell you that's locked up. Literally. She keeps the seasoning blend of chilies and other spices imported from Mexico in a locked ...

Costco errands are about to get a lot more fun with a new food truck rolling into the neighborhood. Birria & Barbacoa De Chivo Los Compadres announced that the taco truck closed early at 5 p.m. May 7 ...

Underground pit cooking is one of the treasured practices of pre-Hispanic Mexico. Today, that tradition still exists in barbacoa (mostly lamb), in cochinita pibil (Yucatan pork), in the mezcales of ...

PSA: If you’re not ordering the birria de chivo, you’re not doing it right ...