in June 2019. Centeno's most recent Tex-Mex restaurant, Amácita, opened in July 2019. Centeno has also written two cookbooks: Baco: Vivid Recipes from the Heart of Los Angeles (2017) and Amá: a modern Tex-Mex kitchen (2019). Centeno has become a leading chef in the Tex-Mex cuisine, receiving praise for both his restaurants and his cookbooks. While the New Yorker listed Centeno's Amá: a modern Tex-Mex kitchen as one of the best cookbooks in 2019, the LA Times named Orsa & Winston as the "Restaurant of the Year" in 2020. His restaurants, the Bar Amá and the Amácita, have been described as “the country's most thoughtful Tex-Mex”. Related cuisines Mexican cuisine New Mexican cuisine Southwestern cuisine American cuisine Texan cuisine See also Tex-Mex cuisine in Houston List of Mexican restaurants References External links "Tex-Mex Foods." Handbook of Texas. Robb Walsh's Six-Part History of Tex-Mex in the Houston Press: Pralines and Pushcarts , Combination Plates, Mama's Got a Brand-new Bag, The Authenticity Myth, The French Connection, Brave Nuevo World. Temples of Tex-Mex: A Diner's Guide to the State's Oldest Mexican Restaurants Lieberman, Dave. "Five Ways To Tell You're Eating Americanized Mexican Food." OC Weekly. Monday 14 June 2010. American cuisine Cuisine of the Southwestern United States Mexican cuisine Mexican-American cuisine Texan cuisine