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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
Chef Gary Robins seems to be the Where’s Waldo? of the Los Angeles and New York food worlds, just when you find him and finally taste his thoughtfully tasty food, he disappears. And, just as in Martin Handford’s Waldo series, we never know where the colorful main character will end up next. Hell, he left…
Growing up in the East L.A., it seemed like everyone tried to form a punk band. Even I did. The scene goes through bands quickly, as kids graduate high school and get into metal, thrash or New York style hardcore. But there are a proud few that have evolved musically without forgetting their roots. Here…
(photo credit: Jennie Warren) Well ladies and gentlemen, here it it. It’s still a trip for me to be honest that I managed to pull this off. First of all, this was the hardest piece I have written to date. If it wasn’t as hard as my cover story for Saveur, “Mexico Feeds Me”, it…
OK, so I’ve never actually seen the movie where the pun to my title came from yet per se, but I did go to the Pasadena Greek Fest 2011 this last Friday night! Opa!: La Culebra Greca? This last weekend marked the 53rd annual celebration of the Pasadena Greek Fest fundraiser at Santa Anita Park….
I’ve been freelancing a hell of a lot more recently. Also, I started going to full time school again. This combination has almost killed off my blogging time (not to mention go a little crazy) completely. Hence, to write about events like these is almost a guilty pleasure for me. Blogging is pure joy, truly…
I still can’t believe I am actually “working” punk rock shows! Nonetheless…cheers! Enjoy my review of the epic show last night up on LA Weekly’s Music Blog, West Coast Sound. By Javier Cabral The Vibrators and Circle One The Airliner 9-8-2011 Better than: Going to Artwalk! You know it’s going to be a decent show…
For the vintage UK ’77 punk rock lovers out there, The Vibrators are playing tonight at The Airliner in Highland Park! And for the not so vintage punk rock lovers but California Hardcore lovers of punk, Circle One will be there opening up! That’s right, the creators of “Baby, Baby, Baby”, the punk rock love…
