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February 11, 2013Queztal and Los Cojolites
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2/9/13
Better than: A Hollywood Grammy red carpet party
Saturday night's celebration of some of the year's Grammy nominees in the Latin category brought the sounds of Son Jarocho music to Boyle Heights. Before doors opened at 8 am, the line for the f ... More >>
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September 26, 2012Man cannot live on taco trucks alone, try as he might. For that reason there are places like Taqueria Los Anaya in West Adams. The family-run restaurant, which opened in March, happens to dabble in the kind of home-cooked Mexican food that inspires weekend drives to La Super Rica in Santa Barbara ... More >>
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September 17, 2012It used to be, a dozen years ago or so, that there weren't that many spots in town where you could find a decent seafood taco, much less a great one. Fast forward to 2012, and fish and shrimp tacos have gone through something of an evolution. There are plenty of fish in the sea now; you can barely ... More >>
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February 2, 2012Guzzle & NoshAn entrant at a previous Cupcake Challenge.TEDxSantaMonica
The theme at this month's smartypants gathering is food, specifically how local Santa Monicans are transforming their community. After cocktails and mingling, there will be a discussion with chef and radio host Evan Kleim ... More >>
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January 5, 2012See also:
*Las Cafeteras Defy Tradition
Sitting in a Highland Park restaurant behind a plate of french fries and a mint tea, Quetzal Flores talks about gentrification. The subject plays into his new album with his Mexican-Afro-Cuban rock band Quetzal, called Imaginaries, which is out next month on ... More >>
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December 30, 2011Brandon ShowersEditor's note: This week Erica E. Phillips tells the remarkable story of Los Angeles group Las Cafeteras, a seven-piece who play a traditional type of Veracruz music called Son Jarocho. But they're controversial because they put their own spin on it -- merging a punk ethos, imp ... More >>
Music
December 29, 2011Their take on Veracruz music is pissing some folks off
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July 6, 2011Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant critic
Dear Mr. Gold:
Chef Rick Bayless has continuously told the media that he thinks L.A. is a "timid" food city and that we do not have as good regional Mexican cooking as what he can find in Chicago. He seems to think that we only have "California" Me ... More >>
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May 5, 2011
Listen up Gringos! Today might be Cinco De Mayo but did you know there's a lot more to the strangely non-English language celebration than rhyming 'Cinco' with 'Drinko'? There is! You see, there's this country called 'Mexico' just south of here, and it turns out Cinco De Mayo actually commemorates ... More >>
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February 3, 2011Blogs
January 21, 2011B. HansenRick Bayless at Red O, with Edgar Vazquez (left) and Victor Torres (right)Red O was jammed the other night, but for the real action, you had to have an invitation to the tequila lounge. The highlight of the party in there was an appearance by Rick Bayless, who had flown from Chicago ... More >>
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December 16, 2010Quell carnitas craving at Cacao Mexicatessen
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December 15, 2010Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menuDear Mr. Gold:
Where can I find good carnitas? I'm thinking like the kind I'd get off the taco trucks in Oakland -- we loved to go to El Ojo de Agua. Relatively close to Pasadena would be nice.
--Nina K.
Dear Ms. K.:
You are, alas, a few years too la ... More >>
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October 21, 2010Courtesy of KCRW.Chef Rick Bayless.Now that chef Rick Bayless has succeeded in finally introducing Los Angeles to authentic Mexican cuisine, he's introducing us to authentic music.
The controversial Chicago chef behind (well sorta kinda behind) recently opened upscale Mexican restaurant Red ... More >>
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September 23, 2010Bringing Mexican to L.A., With Mixed Results
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July 8, 2010LA Life
April 23, 2009News
June 12, 2008With $860 million spending sprees, high-tech surveillance towers that don't work and Operation Streamline show trials, it's still the same old catch-and-release game
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November 1, 2007Eating D.F. style on both sides of town
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October 4, 2007In search of a quiet place to eat in L.A.
Art+Books
August 2, 2007Unearthing la razas Third Root
LA Life
July 5, 2007"Dear Mexican: After asking my dad about black people in Mexico, it almost seemed as if Mexicans don’t like speaking about black people in their country.... Are we Mexicans racist toward black people?"
LA Life
May 10, 2007LA Life
February 15, 2007Rice grows in rice paddies flooded with water. From what I understand, Mexico is mostly desert. So how on earth (literally) did Mexicans end up making arroz a staple of their diet?
Music
December 8, 2005Eat+Drink
October 20, 2005Chosun Galbi, a pleasant restaurant with the patio-side glamour of a Beverly Hills garden party.
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March 31, 2005News
March 24, 2005Scenes from the capital of illegal immigration
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December 16, 2004Eat+Drink
December 2, 2004Art+Books
June 3, 2004Border crossings gone very, very wrong
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May 27, 2004Love, lust and the dog fighter
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April 29, 2004Love, lust and the dog fighter
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January 22, 2004Eat+Drink
November 20, 2003News
May 23, 2002Did the Mexican human-rights lawyer kill herself?
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February 28, 2002Film+TV
September 6, 2001Music
February 8, 2001Stage
January 18, 2001Actoids, lockdowns and double rainbows
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September 14, 2000Eat+Drink
May 4, 2000The fish, the whole fish and nothing but the fish
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March 30, 2000Eat+Drink
October 21, 1999Finally a great fish taco in Los Angeles
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October 21, 1999You never sausage a thing in your life . . .
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May 20, 1999Something's fishy south of the border(s)
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January 14, 1999Music
August 13, 1998Bossa Nova Hunchback Corpses on the Moon
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March 26, 1998News
March 12, 1998Tijuana strike highlights the trouble with NAFTA
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