mexican food

On Globalization, Gentrification, and Food

By Erik Loomis

In General

On September 10, 2025

A lot of white Americans have moved to the three fancy but central neighborhoods of Mexico City since the pandemic. I understand why--Roma especially is a fantastic neighborhood. Unsurprisingly, this development has not been received as great by all of Mexico City. Granted, most people...

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LGM Film Club, Part 85: Watching Rachael Ray from Mexico

By Erik Loomis

On November 23, 2020

You don't have to know much Spanish to find the footage of this Mexican woman watching Rachael Ray teach how to make "Mexican" pozole pretty damn funny. The best part.

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LGM Film Club, Part 75: Taco Bell, 1979

By Erik Loomis

On September 18, 2020

I thought about delaying this given the horrifying news this evening. But we need a distraction. Or at least I do. I've been watching the second season of The Taco.

Mexico’s War on Junk Food

By Erik Loomis

In General

On August 21, 2020

A new war on junk food has been roiling Mexico in the last couple of weeks. As more states propose or approve bans on junk food sales to minors, Mexico is seeing the tide turn against high-calorie snacks that experts say have given the country...

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Visualizing Mexican Food in New York

By Erik Loomis

On August 20, 2020

There's tons of neat tools today to visualize history and culture. I happen to have absolutely no ability in this field except for coming up with some good ideas that.

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The Taco Chronicles

By Erik Loomis

On August 14, 2019

Tacos de canasta I only got back from Mexico two weeks ago, but when I turned on Netflix last week looking for a different show, I saw something called The.

Some Thoughts on Tex-Mex

By Erik Loomis

In General

On March 17, 2018

Since I am evidently the LGM person designated to write strong opinions about food, I will link to this long defense of Tex-Mex cuisine. It's a good article as a whole with many solid points, but it doesn't actually amount to a great defense of...

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Guacamole Karloff

By Erik Loomis

On October 27, 2014

Who else needs Boris Karloff's guacamole recipe?

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Burrito Thursday

By Erik Loomis

On May 22, 2014

I know there is such a thing as Taco Tuesday, but how about we celebrate a late night Burrito Thursday by considering the 10 most important burritos in history.