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Evan Kleiman's taste of life, culture and the human species.

Long in demand for his custom-made tortilla equipment, Guillermo Campbell builds all of his machines with American-made parts.

The man who makes LA's best tortilla-making machines

Long in demand for his custom-made tortilla equipment, Guillermo Campbell builds all of his machines with American-made parts.

San Diego tries to show LA what's up with flour tortillas. Will it succeed?

Tortilla Tournament Week 4: Here are your Fuerte Four!

San Diego tries to show LA what's up with flour tortillas. Will it succeed?

She cooked them just the way I loved them. Her methods, which I have failed to emulate, were epic.

Las Tortillas de Laredo: A paean to edible artifacts of love

She cooked them just the way I loved them. Her methods, which I have failed to emulate, were epic.

Writer and chef Klancy Miller shines a light on the Black women and femmes at the top of their game in food, wine, and hospitality.

What if we looked at the world of food through a Black woman's gaze?

Writer and chef Klancy Miller shines a light on the Black women and femmes at the top of their game in food, wine, and hospitality.

The field narrows for the 2023 Tortilla Tournament as Gustavo Arellano reveals the Eso Eight, who are still in the running for the Golden Tortilla.

Gustavo Arellano reveals the Eso Eight in the 2023 Tortilla Tournament

The field narrows for the 2023 Tortilla Tournament as Gustavo Arellano reveals the Eso Eight, who are still in the running for the Golden Tortilla.

Uli Nasibova heads to the farmer's market to find quince for a stewed chicken dish.

Market Report: Bright, golden, and tart, it's the season for quince

Uli Nasibova heads to the farmer's market to find quince for a stewed chicken dish.

Recipe developer Susan Simon teams up with Rabbi Zoe Zak to celebrate the Jewish high holidays.

Sukkahs are sprouting up during the Jewish harvest celebration Sukkot

Recipe developer Susan Simon teams up with Rabbi Zoe Zak to celebrate the Jewish high holidays.

Memo Torres hops on Metro's 33 bus line to seek out tacos from Santa Monica to downtown.

Memo Torres rides the 33 bus and stops for tacos across LA

Memo Torres hops on Metro's 33 bus line to seek out tacos from Santa Monica to downtown.

Tortilla Tournament founder Gustavo Arellano answers more of your burning (but never burnt) tortilla questions.

¡Ask a Tortilla Expert!: Is it a sin to flip a tortilla with a butter knife?

Tortilla Tournament founder Gustavo Arellano answers more of your burning (but never burnt) tortilla questions.

"I look at the tortilla and work with its natural texture. It becomes a collaboration where the tortilla may suggest things."

Joe Bravo is more than just the world's greatest tortilla artist

"I look at the tortilla and work with its natural texture. It becomes a collaboration where the tortilla may suggest things."

Will the stalwarts move on to the Eso Eight or will the newbies continue their history-making run?

Tortilla Tournament Week 3: And then there were Eso Eight

Will the stalwarts move on to the Eso Eight or will the newbies continue their history-making run?

A taste of a "real" taco blows the mind and opens the heart of a sheltered, suburban teenage weirdo.

Once I tried a taco made with tortillas, I never looked back

A taste of a "real" taco blows the mind and opens the heart of a sheltered, suburban teenage weirdo.

As a teenager, Lalo finds work as a dishwasher in an Atlanta kitchen and discovers where he belongs.

Part II: From the fields to the kitchen

As a teenager, Lalo finds work as a dishwasher in an Atlanta kitchen and discovers where he belongs.

Lalo is deported to Mexico a second time where he considers his options and starts cooking at one of Mexico City's most respected restaurants.

Part III: Returning to Mexico

Lalo is deported to Mexico a second time where he considers his options and starts cooking at one of Mexico City's most respected restaurants.

Lalo finds love and inspiration to open his own restaurant, paying respect to the ingredients that he loves.

Part IV: Marriage and Máximo Bistrot

Lalo finds love and inspiration to open his own restaurant, paying respect to the ingredients that he loves.

Laura Tillman sets the stage for the story of Lalo García, a young boy happy to join his father in the fields.

Part I: Four more hands to work the fields

Laura Tillman sets the stage for the story of Lalo García, a young boy happy to join his father in the fields.

Store-bought corn tortillas are so flat and lifeless while freshly made corn tortillas are fluffy and sensuous. Why?

¡Ask a Tortilla Expert!: What's the most famous tortilla ever?

Store-bought corn tortillas are so flat and lifeless while freshly made corn tortillas are fluffy and sensuous. Why?

Tortilla packages don't generally get the same design love as potato chips but with this year's Tortilla Tournament contenders, the tide may be turning.

Tortilla package design gets better every year… we hope!

Tortilla packages don't generally get the same design love as potato chips but with this year's Tortilla Tournament contenders, the tide may be turning.

First-timers showed favorites what's up. Davids beat Goliaths. A few top seeds barely made it through.

Tortilla Tournament Week 2: Newcomers galore in the Suave 16!

First-timers showed favorites what's up. Davids beat Goliaths. A few top seeds barely made it through.

At an altar to the Santo Niño, my grandma would pray that the tortillas would be blessed with flavor so customers would continue to buy.

How my grandma Concha's tortilla machine made it into the Smithsonian

At an altar to the Santo Niño, my grandma would pray that the tortillas would be blessed with flavor so customers would continue to buy.