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Professional punk and Editor-In-Chief for James Beard Award-winning L.A. TACO. Associate Producer for JBA-winning Las Crónicas Del Taco. Former restaurant scout for Jonathan Gold. Co-author of &#8220;Oaxaca: Home Cooking From the Heart of Mexico (2019, Abrams) and &#8220;Asada: The Art of Mexican-Style Grilling&#8221; (2023, Abrams).

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Food as Performance Art: An Immersive Pop-up Is Bringing Mexico City’s Best Chefs to a Buddhist Temple in Highland Park

Scouring the brick jungles of Los Angeles with my arsenal of cameras. In my adventures I am photographing anything that piques my interest.

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Astrid is a Salvadoran-American poet and writer based in Los Angeles.

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Cops Broke Up A Massive Photowalk This Weekend That Combines Car Culture With Street Photography (Photo Essay)

Annelies Zijderveld writes about food, the arts, and culture in addition to poetry. Her cookbook, Steeped: Recipes Infused with Tea was a Los Angeles Times favorite of 2015—read more at anneliesz.com or follow her at @anneliesz.

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A Taco Poem That Answers the Meaning of Life

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When Their Local Film Developing Lab Closed, These Three Photography-Loving Homies Stepped Up to Open Their Own in DTLA

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Ricky Powell, Pioneering Photographer Who Captured Hip-Hop Culture in the 80s and 90s, Has Passed Away

Mike Sonksen aka Mike the PoeT is a 3rd-generation Los Angeles native. Poet, professor, journalist, historian and tour-guide, his latest book &#8220;Letters to My City&#8221; was just published by Writ Large Press. He teaches at Woodbury University.

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In a Rapidly Changing L.A., This OG Muralist From South Central Captures Communities As They Transform

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