Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or characterized by a blend of Mexican and southwest US cultural elements.
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- adjective Describing a type of
cuisine , a mix ofTexan andMexican foods, associated withspicy chilis .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It is Tex-Mex, which is a whole cuisine unto itself, and one of my favorites, having grown up on it San Antonio.
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It is Tex-Mex, which is a whole cuisine unto itself, and one of my favorites, having grown up on it San Antonio.
Archive 2005-10-01 2005
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Goulart Grand Vin definitely screamed for some spicy foods such as Tex-Mex and Cajun influenced food.
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I have a couple of tried and true fideo recipes that I could share, but they aren’t fancy – just 4 or 5 ingredients – kind of Tex-Mex homestyle food.
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Austin is also a fine place to eat Tex-Mex, take in live music, shoot pool in a bar, visit the South Austin Popular Culture Center, or if you're really feeling indie, loiter aimlessly in a huge, soulless out-of-town shopping mall.
Film-inspired holidays: The Indie Flick Steve Rose 2010
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David Davis moves the old folk tale "Stone Soup" to the American Southwest for "Fandango Stew" Sterling, 32 pages, $14.95 , a boisterous picture book full of Wild West lingo that pretty much demands to be read aloud with Tex-Mex emphasis on the diphthongs.
When Imagination Blasts Into Orbit Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011
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How I make migas: (In Tex-Mex restaurants I think it's pretty exclusively a breakfast dish, though it makes a good quick lunch or supper at home.)
January 23rd, 2009 2009
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Or, it's a band that celebrates all of American music from Tex-Mex to zydeco to polka to bluegrass to reggae to what ever comes into our heads.
Mike Ragogna: The Storyteller & Paradise Lost: Conversations With Todd Snider and Great American Taxi's Vince Herman Mike Ragogna 2011
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And his Tex-Mex barn-burners "Demasiado Corazon" and "Spanish Stroll" go so far as to incorporate doo-wop and Dylanesque folk touches.
Brilliant, Shook-Up Guy Marc Myers 2011
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The food was quite a bit different in general than the Tex-Mex from the Houston area.
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