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Celebrating the Taco Lifestyle in Los Angeles, CA

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Karla T. Vasquez is a food justice advocate and food historian. She is currently writing a Salvadoran cookbook.

Karla Vasquez

Food

This L.A. Swap Meet Makes Mexican-Salvadoran Pupusas as Big as Your Head

Gustavo Arellano is the author of “Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America” and a columnist for the Los Angeles Times.

Gustavo Arellano

The Forgotten Foodways of the East L.A. Blowouts

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Loving Acualaistas, the Zacatecano Pumpkin Seed You’re Not Supposed to Eat

Chuck Morse is a writer, editor, and translator living in Los Angeles. He’s on Instagram (@thechuckmorse) and Twitter (@thechuckmorse) and occasionally blogs here http://www.cwmorse.org.

Chuck Morse

Mixed Feelings at El Cholo, L.A.’s Original ‘Spanish’ Café

Creative thinker and doer based in DTLA with a focus on architecture, art &amp; design, festivals &amp; events, urban photography, food, and local LA culture.

Eric Solis

First Taste: Epic French Mexican Food at Trois Familia

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Anaheim ~ Jack Rudy’s Koolsville Presents Artist’s Choice

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Cheap Eats

Mucho Taco Love for Cacao Mexicatessen ~ Eagle Rock

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Betitos Mexican Restaurant

Cemitas y Clayudas Pal Cabron ~ Huntington Park

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.

Hadley Tomicki

El Parian ~ Pico-Union

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