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"A longtime street-taco stand in Barrio Santa Lucía that has been forced to recalibrate purchasing and portioning practices after cilantro prices spiked: where the owner once bought 5-kilo bunches for about 150 pesos, a single kilo later sold for 300 pesos. To cope she now buys only a kilo at a time, rations leaves on tacos, places advance orders with a vendor who will supply cilantro only by special request, and avoids raising menu prices because customers expect the garnish." - Madeleine Wattenbarger