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On the Road in California: Santa Cruz

In the Emmy Award-winning series SIMPLY MING, host Ming Tsai prepares dishes using ingredients from his East-West pantry.Description to be provided

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On the Road in California: Santa Cruz

Season 17 Episode 1720 | 25m 3s | CC

We are in sunny Santa Cruz to explore fusion Mexican delicacies with chef Kendra Baker. Kendra takes us to her favorite tortilla manufacturer located at a small market in a strip mall called. We head to her restaurant Snap Tacos, where we make tacos two ways, a “Lost Island Taco” with pulled pork and snappy pineapple salsa and Ming makes vegetarian inside-out tacos with mucho queso.

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