01
Tejano Kitchens
Mexican families in Texas, and the food they made.
Section 02
The Chili Queens
Open-air stands and the city that ran them off. 3 entries, each naming the community, the city and the period.
Entries in this section
- 02.1The Chili QueensWomen selling chili from open-air stands in San Antonio's plazas by lamplight for decades, and the sanitation rules that finally closed them down.
- 02.2The plaza standHow a stand actually worked: the pot, the trestle, the lamp and the crockery.
- 02.3What closed themHealth ordinances, screened enclosures and the slow removal of a street trade.
Other sections
03
The Pantry
The markers outsiders read as compromise.
04
The Comal
Dry heat, corn and wheat.
05
The Plate
The dishes themselves.
06
San Antonio
Where most of it happened.