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huarache

[wuh-rah-chee, wah-rah-che] / wəˈrɑ tʃi, wɑˈrɑ tʃɛ /
NOUN
sandal
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The costumes are an inherent part of the storytelling, from huarache sandals that Schwartzman turns into a punchline, to flamboyant embellishments on the suits of Droege’s Dumé.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 27, 2024

That and the huarache — a thick, oblong masa cake topped with carnitas, crema and queso fresco — are two of the items not normally offered on Gracia’s to-go menu.

From Seattle Times Dec. 8, 2021

Is Faith & Flower redeemed by the charred, crisp carnitas pizza, whose tart salsa verde really does make the pizza seem like an antojitos platform in the school of the huarache?

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 13, 2014

Along with your choice of meat, the huarache comes topped with avocado, jalapenos, cheese, onions, cilantro and sauteed strips of cartilage-like cactus paddles.

From Washington Post

On a hot September morning, I wake up in my childhood bed, slip on the huarache shoes my brother, Carlton, brought me back from Mexico.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

One May morning in 1961, 21-year-old Manuel Alvarado strapped on his huaraches, stuffed three changes of clothes and a thin blanket into a nylon tote bag and bid his parents farewell.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 10, 2025

The Oaxaca Slip-On was inspired by traditional leather sandals known as huaraches made by Indigenous artisans in Mexico.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2025

“I remember when I first started selling huaraches at the swap meets, there was something nice about the smell of the leather. There still is,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2025

Her kitchen makes its own tortillas, gorditas, huaraches and sopes from blue-corn masa.

From Washington Post Jul. 1, 2022

By the time I reach the end of the drive, my huaraches and ankles are covered with fine yellow dust.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett




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