*Tacotopia: a blissful place or state, where peace and love reign, tequila flows like rivers and tacos are plentiful, varied and delicious.
“You made a taco in Tahoe,” my pal Bob rolled poetically off his tongue, “Insane — what was that!?”
“I don’t remember,” I replied.
Upon further prodding and reflection, I did recall frying cheese and shrimp, recreating one of my most popular tacos thus far.
Bob was expressing his enthusiasm for my Year of the Taco idea — he was all behind it. (What’s not to be behind? Especially if you anticipate being one of the test subjects in this culinary experiment.)

Alex Tehrani digs in
“In Mexico,” I said to my pal Don, with whom I would be traveling to Jalisco in a couple months, “It’s going to be all about the taco. We are going to eat as many tacos as we can get ahold of. And tequila.” More