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Vegan Tacos: Authentic & Inspired Recipes for Mexico’s Favorite Street Food by Jason Wyrick will be hitting bookshelves everywhere just one week from today. We have all sorts of taco fun coming your way, including a blog tour, chances to win a copy of the book, and a photo contest to celebrate National Taco Day. While you patiently wait one more week for your copy of Vegan Tacos, we thought we’d share one more sneak peek with you. Here’s some of what you can expect to find within the book’s pages: 

 

Tacos de SalchichasTacos de Salchichas are extremely popular in Mexico, and contain a not-so-secret that may surprise some people – hot dogs!

 

Shepherd Style TacosTacos al Pastor, or Shepherd-Style Tacos, are influenced by Middle Eastern cuisine, and are traditionally cooked on a spit, shwarma-style.

 

 

Miners TacosTacos Mineros, or Miners Tacos, were originally a taco commonly eaten by silver miners in the eighteenth century.

 

 

Cactus TacosCactus Tacos are made with nopales, or prickly pear cactus pads. They take some care to work with properly, but they end result is well worth the effort.

 

Tacos TempuraTempura Tacos have a japanese influence and are just one of the fusion-style recipes that can be found in Vegan Tacos.

 

Breakfast TacosTacos aren’t just for lunch and dinner! Vegan Tacos has a full chapter devoted to breakfast tacos.

 

Dog Nose SalsaDog Nose Salsa is just one of the salsa recipes you’ll find in Vegan Tacos. It gets its name from the fact that it’s so hot, your nose will get wet like a dog’s.

 

Grilled Lime MargaritaVegan Tacos has a chapter devoted to drinks to help wash your tacos down. Grilled Lime Margaritas is just one of the recipes included.

 

Vegan Tacos is available for preorder from AmazonBarnes and Noble, Powell’s, and bookstores everywhere.