Wed, 02/29/2012 - 06:11 — Anonymous Photo by supafly via Flickr, (Creative
Commons) I spent nine days traveling in Southeast Alaska last month, and as I
went from one panhandle port to the next, and from bar to pub to restaurant,
I noticed something: the halibut taco is everywhere. It's even outstripping
such traditional Alaskan standbys as king crab legs, beer-battered halibut
fish 'n' chips, and seafood chowder. It's the new normal. I'm not
World Hum's designated taco expert, by any means—Jim's the Mexican food
addict around here—but I've been intrigued by unexpected
Mexican-in-the-sub-Arctic offerings before. And I'm no less intrigued by
the halibut taco seemingly conquering the last frontier. Alaska isn't a
state that most people associate with cutting-edge cultural fusion (though if
you spend much time there, you'll see there's more to the place than the
Discovery Channel lets on), and it seems to me that the taco's dominance
there is just one more sign of our ever-shrinking planet. I say, bring on the
tasty and fascinating cultural variations. World Hum
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