770: Tacos, Tortas, Tamales, Tostadas: Jorge Gaviria & Fermín Núñez on Mexico's Street Food Canon

About this episode

The episode features a discussion on Mexico's street food and the new cookbook 'Vitamina T' by Fermín Núñez and Jorge Gaviria.

Vitamina T is the new cookbook from Fermín Núñez (chef of Suerte, Este, and Bar Toti in Austin) and Jorge Gaviria of masa company Masienda. This amazing book does exactly what it says, offering a deep dive into Mexico’s legendary “T” foods: tacos, tortas, tamales, and so much more. In this episode, we talk about heirloom corn, street food as serious cuisine, and how the pair wrote one of the year’s most exciting Mexican cookbooks. Also on the show, we have a great conversation with Tommy Hunt about restaurant operations and the brand-new spot that is the buzz of New York City: Dean’s. Subscribe to This Is TASTE: ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠, ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Aliza Abarbanel, Matt Rodbard

Guests: Fermín Núñez, Jorge Gaviria

Topics covered

• Mexican street food
• heirloom corn
• cuisine
• cookbooks
• restaurant operations

Keywords

• tacos
• tortas
• tamales
• tostadas
• Mexican cuisine
• cookbook
• street food

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Masienda, Suerte, Este, Bar Toti, Dean’s

Books & works: Vitamina T

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