Kosher Tacos Debut On The Border

By  Mónica Ortiz Uribe, Fronteras

The Southwest border is a place where people and cultures collide and inevitably blend into one another. For El Paso artist Peter Svarzbein it was the perfect setting to introduce a food experiment that compliments his latest project.

He combined his experience as a Jew growing up on Mexico’s doorstep to create a new twist on an iconic dish.

On a July afternoon, the kitchen at Chabad Lubavitch in El Paso was hotter than a desert full of burning bushes. No surprise, considering the amount of cooking that went on that day.

Chef Jose Cazares sipped a Dr Pepper in between each flip of his spatula. He fried clumps of shredded potato, or latkes, in a pan. Latkes are the traditional Jewish dish served during the Hanukkah holiday. But that’s not all he cooked.

“We did six whole roasted kosher chickens, a pico de gallo, roasted green chiles, an Israeli salad” he said.

All this preparation was aimed at creating the main attraction: a kosher taco.

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