Day: February 20, 2023

Taco Cabana menu news

Taco Cabana’s Shrimp Tampico Quesadillas and Shrimp Tampico Taco, available for a limited time only during Lenten season. Photo: Taco Cabana, used with permission.

Taco Cabana has menu news for February that include offers for Fat Tuesday, National Margarita Day, and a special menu for the Lenten season. (Taco Cabana, 2023)

On Tuesday, February 21, 2023 and Wednesday, February 22, 2023, Taco Cabana invites guests to celebrate Fat Tuesday and National Margarita Day with the choice of any flavor frozen margarita and Double Crunch Pizza (DCP) bundle all day long, at all Texas locations.

Guests can treat themselves with their choice of one of Taco Cabana’s 12 frozen margarita flavors like Blue Curacao, Dragon Fruit, or Strawberry Mango, and pair it with any tasty DCP flavor, like the newly-launched Shredded Chicken DCP or Chorizo and Egg DCP, or the original Ground Beef DCP for just $6.99. This two-day offer is only available to guests 21 years of age or older with valid photo ID during standard hours of operation at all participating Taco Cabana locations in Texas.

The Fat Tuesday and National Margarita Day bundles are available through curbside pick-up, drive-thru, in-restaurant and online orders only. Not available via third party delivery service providers.

With the start of the Lenten season, Taco Cabana’s delicious guest favorite Shrimp Tampico Tacos and Shrimp Tampico Quesadillas return to the popular Tex-Mex chain’s menu starting Wednesday, February 22, 2023 for a limited time. Both Shrimp Tampico Tacos and Shrimp Tampico Quesadillas will be served with TC’s uniquely satisfying Pineapple Chipotle Salsa.

To accompany the Lenten Season favorites, guests 21 years of age or older can choose from a selection of $3 frozen margaritas, including flavors like Strawberry, Lime, Mango, Dragon Fruit, and more. This offer is available for a limited time only during standard hours of operation at all participating Taco Cabana locations in Texas.

Taco Cabana, a subsidiary of YTC Enterprises, LLC, was founded in 1978. The brand specializes in Tex-Mex-inspired food including enchiladas, fajitas, quesadillas, flautas, tacos, double crunch pizzas, flour tortillas and a selection of made-from-scratch salsas and sauces. Restaurants feature open-display cooking, a selection of bottled beer and $3 tequila margaritas, patio dining, drive-thru windows, curbside pick-up, delivery and catering. As of February 8, 2023, Taco Cabana operates 143 company-owned restaurants in Texas.

Horror Writers Association announces 5th annual Summer Scares reading list

The Horror Writers Association announced this year’s Summer Scares reading list. Photo: RA for All: Horror

The Horror Writers Association (HWA), in partnership with United for Libraries, Book Riot, and Booklist, is announcing the fifth annual Summer Scares reading list, which includes titles selected by a panel of authors and librarians and is designed to promote Horror as a great reading option for all ages, and for during any time of the year. (Horror Writers Association, 2023)

This year, Summer Scares welcomes New York Times Bestselling author Daniel Kraus as their 2023 spokesperson. “My love of reading began at a public library — but I had to hunt for the horror,” said Kraus. “I would have been giddy to have a slate like our 2023 choices presented to me when I walked in. In fact, I’m giddy about it right now. It’s a tremendously far-reaching group of titles that epitomizes the breadth of creativity going on in the genre.”

The goal of Summer Scares is to introduce Horror titles to school and public library workers in order to help them start conversations with readers that will extend beyond the books from each list and promote reading for years to come. In addition to the annual list of recommended titles, the Summer Scares committee will release themed lists of even more “read-alike” titles libraries can suggest to readers. In order to help libraries forge stronger connections between books and readers, the Summer Scares committee will be working with both the recommended list authors and Horror authors from all over the country to provide free programming to libraries.

Every year, three titles are selected in each of three categories: Adult, Young Adult, and Middle Grade.

For 2023, those selected titles are:

Adult Selections:

  • “Ring Shout” by Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom, 2020)
  • “Catherine House” by Elisabeth Thomas (Custom House, 2020)
  • “The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror” by Daniel M. Lavery (Holt Paperbacks, 2018)

Young Adult Selections:

  • “In The Shadow of Blackbirds” by Cat Winters (Amulet Books, 2013)
  • “Squad” by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lisa Sterle (illustrator) (Greenwillow Books, 2021)
  • “Mooncakes” by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu (illustrator) (Oni Press, 2019)

Middle Grade Selections:

  • “Small Spaces” by Katharine Arden (P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, 2018)
  • “Living Ghosts and Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian Stories” by Dan SaSuWeh Jones, Weshoyot Alvitre (Illustrator) (Scholastic Nonfiction, 2021)
  • “A Small Zombie Problem” by K.G. Campbell (Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2019)

The Summer Scares Programming Guide, created each year by the Springfield-Greene County (MO) Library and free for libraries anywhere to access, is back with the tools libraries need to connect with their communities. It will be available beginning March 15, 2023 on the Summer Scares Resource page.