Exploring El Paso’s Culinary Heritage With Chef Emiliano Marentes of ELEMI, Hosted by SAVEUR EIC Kat Craddock

In El Paso, chef Emiliano Marentes is preserving Mexican culinary traditions while infusing them with a modern sensibility. At ELEMI, his intimate taco-focused restaurant, Marentes makes tortillas from scratch through the ancient process known as nixtamalization but takes a contemporary approach to plating. He joins SAVEUR editor-in-chief Kat Craddock to talk fresh masa, Sunday menudo, and his hometown of El Paso.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices