Amy ScattergoodNeed a visual aid for your print edition? Jonathan Gold explores the tortas ahogadas of Los Angeles (“you do not nibble at a torta ahogada; you dive straight into it, trusting that you will come out alive”). Click through for Anne Fishbein's spectacular photos and read more in Gold's Counter Intelligence, “Drowning, Not Eating.”
Tortas Ahogadas Las Originales, San Fernando; Credit: Anne Fishbein
torta ahogada at Tacos Los Toritos, Sylmar; Credit: Anne Fishbein
Super torta at Tortas Ahogadas Las Originales, San Fernando; Credit: Anne Fishbein
A display of fresh strawberries used for juicing; Credit: Anne Fishbein
intensely hot roasted chile pepper; Credit: Anne Fishbein
fried tacos barbacoa; Credit: Anne Fishbein
Tortas Ahogadas Radillo, San Fernando; Credit: Anne Fishbein
Tortas Ahogadas Radillo, San Fernando; Credit: Anne Fishbein
Photorealist painting on display in the dining room; Credit: Anne Fishbein
Tortas Ahogadas Las Originales, San Fernando; Credit: Anne Fishbein
Tacos Los Toritos, Sylmar; Credit: Anne Fishbein
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