The Next Big Cuisine of 2014 Is … Tex-Mex?

This article was suggested by Jesus Rangel.

By Andrew Romano, The Daily Beast

“Tex-Mex for decades was ascendant,” Arellano told the The Weekly Alibi in 2012. “It was the dominant player, [but] I would say that California won the Mexican war. You’re going to have many more restaurants selling tacos and burritos then you do Tex-Mex. …  And, yeah, you’re going to see Tex-Mex slowly disappear from the American landscape.”

Arellano isn’t just some loudmouth on the Chowhound message boards. He is the author ofTaco USA, a smart, lively, deeply reported history of “how Mexican food conquered America.” Which means he is something of an authority on the subject. When Arellano talks, in other words, taco people (like me) tend to listen.

That’s why I called Arellano earlier this week. I had a simple question to ask him: Two years have passed since Taco USA came out. Is Tex-Mex dead yet?

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