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[embedImage=https://www.foodrepublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Jorge-Gaviria-50-Edit-FINAL-web-700x467.jpg] The quest to make great Mexican food starts with great corn. But sourcing great corn is harder than it sounds. Jorge Gaviria knows this better than anyone. A few years ago, noting the poor quality of tortillas in Mexican restaurants this side of the border, the Miami native and former New York City line…

Taco benders will never be the same, thanks to Alex Stupak’s seductive guide to Empellón-grade fare at home. The pollo and carnitas are as solid as ever, but look beyond the expected and you'll be well rewarded with fresh, inventive spins wrapped in homemade tortillas. Your neighborhood taqueria workers will miss you, but if they saw this…

Taco benders will never be the same, thanks to Alex Stupak’s seductive guide to Empellón-grade fare at home. The pollo and carnitas are as solid as ever, but look beyond the expected and you'll be well rewarded with fresh, inventive spins wrapped in homemade tortillas. Your neighborhood taqueria workers will miss you, but if they saw this…

In Wednesday's review, New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells bestows three stars on Enrique Olvera’s Cosme. Wells argues that the Flatiron newcomer — helmed by the chef/owner of the world’s 17th-best restaurant, Pujol — breaks a trend of Mexican restaurants in New York City that simply indulge “a chef’s south-of-the-border fantasies.” In Olvera’s case, this…

Alex Stupak and Lauren Resler puzzling over a menu.[/caption] Chicken the color of the sun.[/caption] Chocolate is sacred to Oaxacans, finding its way into everything from deserts to moles to the thick, maize flour based hot chocolate known as champurrado.[/caption] We quickly discovered on our recent visit to Oaxaca with chefs Alex Stupak and Lauren…

Last week, the chef Alex Stupak and his wife Lauren Resler of Empellon Cocina and Empellon Taqueria in Manhattan traveled to Oaxaca to explore its cuisine, meet its producers, and wander through the marketplaces of one of the most biodiverse regions in the world.  The couple has traveled to Oaxaca several times before but this…