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Philip Iglauer covered all things Koreana for 15 years — foreign diplomats, kimchi, Samsung and, of course, North Korea — out of Seoul. After returning to his native Northeast Los Angeles in late 2016, he freelances on his hometown’s goings-on.

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Andrew Bangs was raised in Tucson, AZ on Sonoran-style hot dogs, currently lives in Lincoln Heights, and is convinced that caldo de albóndigas is the next great hangover cure.

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