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Michoacan

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Salma Hayek Loves La Tarasca, Centralia's Top Mexican Restaurant

    When hunger strikes next time you're heading to Portland on interstate 5, skip the Country Cousin, the Cracker Barrel knock-off whose homespun knick-knackery can be seen from outer space, and head in to downtown Centralia. There, right next to the Centralia: Hub City sign (so named Hub City for its ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Meth Shipment Tied to Sinaloa and La Familia Mexican Drug Cartels Seized in Seattle

    El Chapo, head of the Sinaloa Cartel.​On September 20, an informant told the King County Sheriff's Office that he recently befriended a Tijuana-based drug dealer with ties to Mexico's powerful Sinaloa Cartel. The cartel affiliate went by the name Jesse, according to documents filed September 2 ... More >>

  • Food

    March 23, 2011

    Taco Time's Mexi-Lies

    They're tater tots, OK? But whatever they're called, they're awesome.

  • News

    March 16, 2011

    The War on Mexicans Strikes Ellensburg

    One of the largest immigration raids in state history rocks Rodeo City.

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    Mexican Man Gets 15 Years in Prison for Growing Pot on National Forest Land

    Image via​Leonardo Villasenor-Cesar is going to spend the next 15 years in federal prison for growing marijuana. The 23-year-old from Michoacan, Mexico, was caught last summer tending a garden of more than 1,600 plants near Boom Creek in southwest Idaho's Boise National Forest. The judge who h ... More >>

  • Diversions

    December 29, 2010

    ¡Ask a Mexican!

    Image via​Leonardo Villasenor-Cesar is going to spend the next 15 years in federal prison for growing marijuana. The 23-year-old from Michoacan, Mexico, was caught last summer tending a garden of more than 1,600 plants near Boom Creek in southwest Idaho's Boise National Forest. The judge who h ... More >>

  • News

    December 15, 2010

    The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Immigrants

    But what's been unearthed reveals a culture of cruelty.

  • Diversions

    September 15, 2010

    You're Caca out of Luck

    But what's been unearthed reveals a culture of cruelty.

  • News

    July 14, 2010

    Welcome to Mi Pueblito, Washington

    The small-town, family-farm lifestyle that we love to celebrate is being preserved—thanks to Mexican immigrants.

  • News

    July 7, 2010

    What's a Little Marriage Fraud Between Amigos?

    It's a felony, sure, but in the absence of real immigration reform, some young, assimilated illegal immigrants see it as their best path to citizenship.

  • News

    April 21, 2010

    Downed by Law

    Immigration attorney Antonio Salazar's clients got more than they bargained for—namely, deportation.

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Grillaxin' with Monica Dimas, Part One

    ​Monica Dimas is twenty-five years old, and she's already cooked at some of Seattle's most well-known restaurants: Le Pichet, Campagne, and Spinasse (where she works on the weekdays), to name a few. On the weekends, Dimas is in charge of the kitchen at Monsoon, Eric and Sophie Banh's long belo ... More >>

  • Diversions

    October 7, 2009

    Special Wedding Edition

    ​Monica Dimas is twenty-five years old, and she's already cooked at some of Seattle's most well-known restaurants: Le Pichet, Campagne, and Spinasse (where she works on the weekdays), to name a few. On the weekends, Dimas is in charge of the kitchen at Monsoon, Eric and Sophie Banh's long belo ... More >>

  • Diversions

    September 16, 2009

    Is the Reconquista for Real?

    ​Monica Dimas is twenty-five years old, and she's already cooked at some of Seattle's most well-known restaurants: Le Pichet, Campagne, and Spinasse (where she works on the weekdays), to name a few. On the weekends, Dimas is in charge of the kitchen at Monsoon, Eric and Sophie Banh's long belo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    Shockingly Late to Pork: Talking with Chef Naomi Andrade Smith

    ​Naomi Andrade Smith is best known for the tamales she sold in the late 1990s out of a tiny takeout window in Madrona under the name Villa Victoria. (Villa Victoria's second incarnation, in Columbia City, was not as successful and closed last year.) Incredible food aside, Smith should be known ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2009

    On Second Thought, Let's Cancel That Press Conference About the Smiley Face

    ​A planned James Donaldson press conference about a "professionally-applied smiley face" sadly failed to materialize yesterday. The story: Ballard restaurant Restaurante Michoacan got a notice from the city that it needed to remove graffiti from its walls. But it had also a smiley face profess ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    A Taste of Mexico City in Pioneer Square

    There's no reason to have high expectations for Mexican food in the downtown area of Seattle. It's not that the city doesn't have good, and at times, exceptional comida mexicana for foodies to devour, but you typically have to travel to some of the taco trucks in the South End or White Center or ev ... More >>

  • Diversions

    May 13, 2009

    Why Sons of Mexico Are So Irresistible

    There's no reason to have high expectations for Mexican food in the downtown area of Seattle. It's not that the city doesn't have good, and at times, exceptional comida mexicana for foodies to devour, but you typically have to travel to some of the taco trucks in the South End or White Center or ev ... More >>

  • Food

    May 28, 2008

    Run for the Border

    Just before you hit Shoreline, you’ll find an oasis of Oaxacan food.

  • Diversions

    January 16, 2008

    Which Is the Drunker Ethnic Group? And Why?

    Just before you hit Shoreline, you’ll find an oasis of Oaxacan food.

  • Food

    October 31, 2007

    New Spots in Wallingford, Columbia City; Michael Pollan for the Holidays

    News, thoughts, and openings from Voracious, our food blog.

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2007

    Villa Victoria Opens in Columbia City

    News, thoughts, and openings from Voracious, our food blog.

  • Arts

    October 22, 2003

    Visual Arts Calendar

    News, thoughts, and openings from Voracious, our food blog.

  • Arts

    October 15, 2003

    Visual Arts Calendar

    News, thoughts, and openings from Voracious, our food blog.

  • Arts

    October 8, 2003

    Visual Arts Calendar

    News, thoughts, and openings from Voracious, our food blog.

  • Arts

    October 1, 2003

    Visual Arts Calendar

    News, thoughts, and openings from Voracious, our food blog.

  • News

    September 24, 2003

    WTO, No!

    Poorer nations put the brakes on the U.S.-European free-trade juggernaut.

  • News

    May 8, 2002

    To America, with love

    Poorer nations put the brakes on the U.S.-European free-trade juggernaut.

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