For more than twenty years, the central Texas town of Brady has staged the World Championship Barbeque Goat Cook-off on Labor Day weekend. Cabrito is a delicacy that has its ardent admirers—and many ...

Bill Esparza is a James Beard award-winning food journalist, author of LA Mexicano, and onscreen food television personality covering food in United States and Latin America. “It’s like Mexico here,” ...

For most people, cabrito, or goat meat, might not elicit great food memories. The dish is often dismissed as stringy or “gamey,” and because so few places serve it, most aren’t sure what to expect ...

El Lagunero in Muscoy specializes in cabrito al pastor or spit-roasted baby goat, a dish from north-central Mexico that’s rarely seen in the U.S. The community of Muscoy is 90% Latino and semirural, ...

Eduardo Montemayor, a native of Monterrey and owner of Tacos Lalo, prepares a cabrito al ataud, or coffin-roasted, in Dallas on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. The city of Monterrey is among Mexico’s oldest, ...

Somewhere deep in my hippocampus, elusive and almost impossible to recall when I need it, there is a memory that explains my affection for food made to order inside a gas station. Maybe it’s because, ...

Add the salt and sugar to the water and stir to dissolve, add remaining ingredients and stir some more. Place goat in double garbage bags, pour in brine, place on a tray, and put in refrigerator for ...

Given the choice between a dozen mediocre dishes or one spectacular one, we’d opt for the latter every time. Hola Cabrito — an authentic Mexican birria joint — seems to agree. At this establishment, ...

El Cabrito reminds me a lot of Atotonilco, with its friendly staff, good food and guileless presentation. Although I like a fancy meal with all that accompanies it once and a while, to me the best ...

Francisco Salinas of the Muscoy taco stand El Lagunero cooks a baby goat and machitos over mesquite in the yard of an auto shop. Salinas typically cooks four cabritos a day. (William Liang / For The ...