James Talarico Makes Masala Dosa at Irving Campaign Stop

Texas Senate candidate James Talarico prepared a masala dosa at an Irving restaurant during a campaign visit on October 29, in an appearance that drew widespread attention online. Video of the visit shows him spreading batter on a hot cooking surface, adding potato filling, then folding and plating the dish at Madira N Masala. The visit came five days before the November 3 election, in which Talarico, a Democrat, is running against Republican Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general. The video was shared by WFAA and circulated on social media. The reports document the cooking demonstration and online reaction, but do not establish that it changed voter awareness or support. Talarico used the stop to discuss immigration reform and diversity, according to accounts of the visit. He said Texas needed a senator who celebrated diversity rather than weaponized it, and described diversity as a strength. Those remarks were reported from the restaurant event. The campaign appearance focused in part on outreach to Indian American voters. The restaurant is in Irving, a city noted in reporting for its Indian American population and South Asian businesses. The cooking demonstration offered a...