ranchero
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She admires the range of ranchero wear and tells me she’s looking for something fun to wear to go dancing later in the week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
“Roberto Carlos had to sing ranchero, Vikki Carr had to record ranchero. Celia Cruz came in with a mariachi. I accept recording with everybody, as long as it’s with a mariachi.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2021
“This one is the king. It gets its own sauce,” he said, ladling on something that tasted like a cross between a ranchero and an enchilada sauce.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2020
Start with the ranchero chicken at Amácita in Culver City.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2019
Just like Lita’s home, the faint melody of ranchero music is coming from deep within the red mountain.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
Helen Hunt Jackson’s 1884 bestseller, “Ramona,” about a clash among Southern California rancheros, indigenous peoples and newly arriving white settlers, helped form later literary templates of the Old West.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
In the kitchen, Medel chopped tomatoes, jalapeno and onion for huevos rancheros.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2023
He now owns and runs a local restaurant, New London Cafe, where diners gather around wood tables crafted from repurposed pickle barrels and can order menu items such as breakfast burritos and huevos rancheros.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2023
Pierino loves the same "radical approach," because it gives his tortillas "a slight char and a mildly smoky flavor," whether he's using them for tacos or huevos rancheros.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2022
But my young mind was filled with self, and my imagination shivered at the prospect of seeing sombreros, rancheros, tortillas and Pancho Villa.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
