taco
Mexican Cooking. a tortilla filled with various ingredients, as beans, rice, chopped meat, cheese, and tomatoes, and folded over in half or rolled into a loose cylinder shape: My favorite breakfast taco has eggs, bacon, and cheese on a flour tortilla.The downside of hard-shell tacos is that you can’t fit as much stuff in a fried tortilla.
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How to use taco in a sentence
Of all the things that could have caused Ashley Murcia to come undone, she did not expect it to be tacos.
‘Oh, we’re still in this.’ The pandemic wall is here. | Maura Judkis | February 9, 2021 | Washington Post“I love this taco recipe, because it’s approachable, bright, and satisfying,” says Jasmine Shimoda, chef and owner of Jewel, a plant-based restaurant in Los Angeles.
In June, she moved to a pop-up at Little Beast in Chevy Chase, where her menu grew to include tacos and birria.
Taqueria Xochi serves mouthwatering Mexican food from a tiny U Street storefront | Tom Sietsema | December 18, 2020 | Washington Post“Want,” I said as I pointed to one of the taco pictures, flapping the menu around for emphasis.
Alberto Perez is a freelance writer currently based out of Seattle, but he’d rather be back in Texas eating tacos.
“In 20 years, this just might be a city of taco Bells,” one restaurateur recently shuddered.
This is why Web tools are valuable, as are lunches at taco stands.
But now they have brewpubs, pour-over coffee joints and kimchi taco stands.
Is Brooklyn Becoming Unsafe for Gays? It Depends On Which Ones | Jay Michaelson | October 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe notion to morph a specialty tortilla chip into a taco shell at first may sound like it would be a snap.
INSIDER TIP: Head downtown for salutatorian Fusion taco, another food truck turned brick-and-mortar.
“If you think that taco is no better than a Spartan, you know nothing at all about him,” he said, fiercely.
Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness | Louis CouperusHer thoughts still wandered over all those people and finally halted at taco Quaerts.
Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness | Louis Couperus“taco Quaerts is always very correct in matters of etiquette,” said Anna, defending him.
Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness | Louis CouperusCecile saw taco Quaerts come up to her; he bowed before her; she bowed coldly in return, not offering him her hand.
Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness | Louis CouperusBut taco Quaerts seems to be quite infallible in the eyes of all of you.
Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness | Louis Couperus
British Dictionary definitions for taco
/ (ˈtɑːkəʊ) /
Mexican cookery a tortilla folded into a roll with a filling and usually fried
Origin of taco
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