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Ed’s Manifesto Opens Up About His Fears and the Future of Tijuana

4:18 PM PDT on April 5, 2022

What is the secret to the matrix? If you live in the Mexico-U.S. borderlands, according to Ed Calderón, the secret to the matrix is "working in California, and living in Mexico."

Our Tijuana Taco Safari has come to an end. To send us off, Calderón gave us a candid interview about the future of Tijuana as a California-adjacent real estate capital, the Mexican states he would be extra careful if visiting Mexico, and talking about who really is pumping fentanyl into the American continent, and much more.

Check out our final episode below.

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Javier Cabral
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Professional punk and Editor-In-Chief for James Beard Award-winning L.A. TACO. Associate Producer for JBA-winning Las Crónicas Del Taco. Former restaurant scout for Jonathan Gold. Co-author of "Oaxaca: Home Cooking From the Heart of Mexico (2019, Abrams) and "Asada: The Art of Mexican-Style Grilling" (2023, Abrams).

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