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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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Birria-Flavored Instant Ramen Is Here via This Lonchera’s Paisa Ingenuity in Lennox

Janette Villafana is an award-winning bilingual multimedia journalist. Her heart lies in community-based reporting, and her work is highly centered on showcasing and uplifting community voices, with a significant focus on the Latino community. She developed her beat at L.A. TACO, covering street vending communities in Los Angeles. Past work has been featured on NBC, LAist, Latino Rebels, and more. She is currently featured at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington in an exhibit titled “¡De última hora! Latinas Report Breaking News.”

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These Three Latinas Are Selling Paletas and Aguas Frescas to Pay for Their College Tuition

Memo Torres is a multi-media taco journalist, a third-generation landscaper, host of L.A. Taco&#8217;s new Plant and Gardening column, Yerbalife, host of Apple Maps&#8217; L.A. food guide on all iPhones, Director of Partnerships for the James Beard award-winning L.A. Taco, a finalist for the Ruben Salazar Award for Latino Journalists, a taco scout for numerous shows, can be seen on Netflix&#8217;s Taco Chronicles, Pressure Cooker, Mythical Kitchen, KCRW, and elsewhere.

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A New Vegan Chicharrón Spot Opens in the Valley and a Smoked Suadero Pop-up in East L.A. ~ The TacoWire

One of L.A. TACO&#8217;s co-founders, Hadley Tomicki is a writer and editor on food, travel, and culture whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, UrbanDaddy, High Times, and many other places.

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From Nigeria to L.A: The Valley’s ‘Goat Daddy’ Is Your Hookup If You Love Chivo and Spicy Food

&#8216;m an r&amp;b singer with bad credit ;) I like fried food and I will absolutely show up to your zine release.

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A Black-Owned Business Boom is Brewing in DTLA Amid Protests and Pandemic, but Will It Last?

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When Memes Come True: A Taco Truck That Cruises Like an Ice Cream Truck Has Arrived in Los Angeles

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Underground Carnitas and Redemption: Hawthorne’s Backyard Carnitas ‘El Artista’ Dreams of Doing His Pop-Up Full Time

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Kids Are Starting to Sell Face Masks in the Streets Because Their Parents Got Laid Off

Melissa Mora Hidalgo was born in Montebello and grew up in the L.A./O.C. borderlands of East Whittier and La Habra. She holds a Ph. D. in Literature from UC San Diego and is the author of Mozlandia: Morrissey Fans in the Borderlands (Headpress UK, 2016).

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Sam Ribakoff is a multimedia journalist and documentary filmmaker from Long Beach, CA.

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