Casa de Tamales

Mar 2019 23

Great Food Search: I Ate All That At Rogue Festival?

2019 Articles, Terrance V. Mc Arthur, The Great Food Search

by Terrance McArthur

The Rogue Festival: the crown performing-arts jewel of Fresno’s Tower District, 9 days (or 10, if you count the Rogue Teaser, which I do) filled with music, dance, theatre, magic, comedy, and other things. I managed to see twenty-five shows this year, dashing from venue to venue to see as much as I could…but a chubby little reviewer’s gotta eat, right? Where can you grab some food when you’re on your way to somewhere else? Is there any place for a quick bite to eat? Let me put it this way—I did not lose weight during Rogue 2019.

Jan 2018 27

The Great Food Search: The Best of 2017!

2018 Articles, Reedley News, Terrance V. Mc Arthur, The Great Food Search

by Terrance Mc Arthur

Kings River Life’s The Great Food Search sends me (and sometimes my family and/or friends) eating across the San Joaquin Valley. In 2017, the series featured a baker’s dozen (that’s 13) of eating establishments featuring from tamales to killer burgers, from quesadillas to Tandoori pizzas. It was quite a year, and now I am asked to choose my favorites? Oh, the horror!

Jan 2017 28

Great Food Search: Tamales

2017 Articles, Terrance V. Mc Arthur, The Great Food Search

by Terrance Mc Arthur

Tamales—friendly little bundles of cornmeal and good stuff, wrapped and steamed in corn husks. Yummy stuff, and that is the subject of this Great Food Search. I go out to restaurants and other food venues, reporting what is best and what’s the rest.

Dec 2015 26

Great Food Search: Ch, Ch, Ch, Changes

2015 Articles, Terrance V. Mc Arthur, The Great Food Search

by Terrance Mc Arthur

Here we are at the end of 2015, a time for making resolutions and doing new things. This edition of The Great Food Search is dedicated to restaurants that have made changes in 2015. I’ve already featured the $25,000 makeover at Kikku Japanese Food in downtown Fresno, but I have some more transformed eateries to share with you.

Aug 2015 8

Food Expo 2015

2015 Articles, Terrance V. Mc Arthur, The Great Food Search

by Terrance Mc Arthur

Despite the drought, California is still the king of American agriculture, and the San Joaquin Valley is still the center of California agriculture. To help the Valley stay on top of the food heap, the Fresno Food Expo helps food producers (farmers) meet food buyers (market chains, restaurants, school districts…and people who like to eat). The fifth annual Expo happened July 23, with 121 producers meeting 917 buyers from all over the Valley, state, nation, and world, and 1100 happy people showing up for the evening’s public session.

Aug 2014 23

Great Food Search: Fresno Food Expo

2014 Articles, Terrance V. Mc Arthur, The Great Food Search

by Terrance Mc Arthur

Grapes in a Pouch. Root Beer Milk. Pepperoni Pizza Tamales – where can you find things like this?
The Fresno Food Expo!
It started as a way to expose local products to a wider number of buyers. It was held in March, which meant there wasn’t a lot of fresh produce available to promote. This year, the fourth Expo was moved to July 24, a time when the bounty of the Valley has begun to ripen, and what an amazing array of foods, products, and services there was!

Mar 2014 22

High Quality Product; High Quality Experience: Casa de Tamales

2014 Articles, Healthy Eating in the Valley, Tom Sims

by Tom Sims

Don’t just ask what makes Liz Sanchez of Casa de Tamales tick. That would be the wrong question. She doesn’t just tick; she pulsates with passion! It is the same passion when she talks about tamales, business, her family, her staff-family, her customers and her philosophy of giving back to the community. She does not separate her business from her life. It is one package with common interests.