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Me So Corny: Uchepos, Michoacan’s Famous Sweet All-Corn Tamales Spotted in Highland Park
Apr 5, 2013
El Faisan y El Venado: Yucatán Food Beyond Cochinita Pibil in Northeast L.A.
Mar 29, 2013
Thanksgiving, Cabral style: The story of my mom’s turkey on Saveur’s Thanksgiving issue
Nov 2, 2012
A Taco Dorado de Ternera for The Soul at Birriería Aceves (Mercado de Abastos: Guadalajara, Mexico)
May 1, 2012
Local, Grass-Fed Chevre Burgers At Humboldt Brews
Apr 23, 2012
Chente Signage I remember when Bill of Street Gourmet L.A first told me about this place. He would tell me about how Sergio, the Sinaloan cook was doing some damn complex sauces like no other chef in town. He would tell me how Magdalena, the Nayarit born owner and mother in Law of Sergio would…
So Friday night had finally come, one of the rare moments in my life where I actually get the urge to go out and be young. Meaning, just hanging with old high school friends (people my age in other words) and catching each others facetious gay bluffs, usually involving a local backyard punk gig, a…
I finally got the chance to meet and greet with some of the friendly staff over at Saveur last night. It still seems ethereal to me to think that I worked as a fixer and gatherer for the upcoming March L.A issue as a whole, driving Mr. Oseland around South L.A in my dad’s jerry-built,…
Woke up mid day today to find myself tasting my first snowflake as I started my trek out into the powdery, frosty abyss towards the A train heading to Manhattan. First Snow Day As soon as I woke up and heard the soft sound of snow falling, I looked forward to it immensely, to go…
There is something to be said about visiting a city where your older brother lived at for seven years. It makes things a little bit less overwhelming to know that there are a few people around who are just a degree closer than a complete stranger. It also helps if those friends also happen to…
“Lets Get Rid Of New York” – Randoms (Dangerhouse Compilation Album: 1977) Don’t know what came over me that Cyber Monday afternoon, Mattatouille had sent me a text first thing in the morning and told me that there was some great deals on Virgin America. So I did, with the rationalized excuse that I was…
Oh, how stoked I was to find out I would be featured in L.A Weekly’s Meet Your Blogger column…until I saw it. The degree of distaste in the comment boards made me feel sick inside, a feeling of angst-ridden distress that my food writing had helped me overcome with the creation of my blog in…
