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Milk Street Magazine
July - August 2025

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Chilaquiles Parranderos

Chilaquiles Parranderos

Editor’s Note

It’s a Small World After All

I am standing on a narrow sidewalk in Oaxaca next to a shallow, rectangular charcoal grill where Raquel Garzón is grilling thin pieces of beef for tlayudas, large crispy tortillas spread with asiento (pork lard), black beans, Oaxacan cheese and salsa. Buses whiz by, too close for comfort, the filled tlayudas are folded and crisped over the fire, and then we repair inside for dinner with the Garzón family, welcomed with numerous glasses of mezcal.

The same scene is repeated all...

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