When it comes to tacos, Austin is known for the two B's: breakfast and barbecue. On an upcoming episode of Taco Trip, the Cooking Channel visits Austin to explore these favorites and more.
In the series, Taco Trip host Aarón Sánchez, celebrity chef/owner of Johnny Sánchez and El Paso native, explores authentic and exceptional takes on the ever-popular taco. On the Austin-centric episode, Sánchez will find out "how [Austinites] cram all those big Texas flavors into a taco" by visiting a wide range of taco joints.
The four lucky restaurants are Valentina's Tex Mex BBQ, Paco's Tacos, The Peached Tortilla and La Condesa. Featured tacos range from Valentina's brisket taco and Paco's breakfast taco to The Peached Tortilla's Asian fusion offering and La Condesa's sweetbreads dish.
Tune in to the Cooking Channel on September 22 at 9 pm to catch this special episode of Taco Trip. Other cities featured this season include El Paso, Denver, San Diego, Las Vegas and more.
The Peached Tortilla's fusion flare is featured on Taco Trip.
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The Peached Tortilla's fusion flare is featured on Taco Trip.
Rosie Flores and Robert Plant are hitting the road together again.
An Austin guitarist is embarking on a musical journey with one of rock's biggest icons — for the second time. Rosie Flores will be a special guest on Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant's 2026 Saving Grace tour. Austinites can see the show on Saturday, March 21, at ACL Live at the Moody Theater; then they can spread the word to friends across the country.
According to Flores' tour calendar, she kicks off the tour in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on March 14, and wraps it up in New York, New York, on April 7. She'll be joined by Austin drummer Chris Sensat and bassist Tommy Vee from St. Cloud, Minnesota, to form her band; singer Suzi Dian will accompany Plant.
Flores, who was born in San Antonio and has lived in Austin for many years, is known for her rockabilly style, both in sound and fashion. She is almost always pictured with a guitar, but she is also a singer and songwriter. At 75 years old, she is still playing live regularly outside of the major tour with Plant.
Although Flores certainly knows her niche, her rockabilly reputation doesn't flatten her appeal; she consciously pulls from many genres that she reckons all fit under the umbrella of "American roots music" in a video for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). In 2024, the government organization presented her with the NEA National Heritage Fellowship Award, their highest honor for folk and traditional arts.
Flores opened 16 dates on Plant's tour in November 2025. Her stylistic fluidity with rock-and-roll roots is a great complement for Plant's style, which since his Led Zeppelin days has mellowed out and drifted deeper into folk rock. (Led Zeppelin, many would argue, was already at least a cousin to folk rock.)
“Opening for Robert Plant last fall with my Rockabilly trio was one of the greatest honors of my life,” said Flores in a press release. “We're thrilled to have been invited back for the Spring tour. And I'm excited to once again get to see Robert with singer Suzi Dian and their killer band performing songs from their latest release, Saving Grace."
Saving Grace is Plant's 12th studio album, presenting covers of songs by blues artists like Blind Willie Johnson, as well as Plant's take on traditional tunes. It was released in September of 2025 and reached No. 1 on the U.K. Americana Albums chart and No. 17 on the U.S. top album sales chart.
Tickets to the Saving Grace Tour are available via rosieflores.com.
