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    Good Food

    Corn versus flour: awarding the Golden Tortilla

    Gustavo Arellano is back to highlight the flour and corn tortillas still standing in this year’s Tortilla Tournament. On October 18, he and fellow judges Evan Kleiman, Connie Alvarez, and Mona Holmes will decide on the Fuerte Four.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Oct 16, 2020 • 1 min read

    Gustavo Arellano is back to highlight the flour and corn tortillas still standing in this year’s Tortilla Tournament. On October 18, he and fellow judges Evan Kleiman, Connie Alvarez, and Mona Holmes will decide on the Fuerte Four. Alvarez and Arellano judged the corn category with Taco María and El Ruso as the final contenders. On the flour side, Kleiman and Holmes have narrowed it down to HomeState and El Cholo. The winners in each category go head-to-head for the Golden Tortilla trophy.

    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Thriving chain restaurants, World Food Programme, Fuerte Four
    1. 0:00‘In the Weeds’: Serving the Oaxacan community and Los Angeles
    2. 11:23McDonald’s and Starbucks thriving during pandemic
    3. 24:08Corn versus flour: awarding the Golden TortillaYou’re reading this
    4. 35:21Combating hunger to take the ultimate prize
    5. 48:15Planting for the fall and winter months
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Joseph Stone

      Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

      CultureFood & DrinkLos Angeles

    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Thriving chain restaurants, World Food Programme, Fuerte Four
    1. 0:00‘In the Weeds’: Serving the Oaxacan community and Los Angeles
    2. 11:23McDonald’s and Starbucks thriving during pandemic
    3. 24:08Corn versus flour: awarding the Golden TortillaYou’re reading this
    4. 35:21Combating hunger to take the ultimate prize
    5. 48:15Planting for the fall and winter months
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