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Brownsville, TX: Tacos

Season 1 Episode 105 | 26m 46s

Brownsville, Texas, on the border of Mexico, is where you’ll find some of the best tacos in the U.S., both in variety and quality. It’s also a place where border politics have direct and immediate consequences, and where Elon Musk built a launch site for Space X rockets to Mars. How do tacos reflect such a diverse place?

Aired: 12/07/21
Distributed nationally by American Public Television
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