Good Food
LA's 25 Best Tacos, Yucatán Cuisine, Tokyo's Cat Cafes
Good Food's official taco correspondent Bill Esparza lays out where to find the twenty five best tacos in Los Angeles. Plus, writer Gideon Brower explores cat cafe culture in Tokyo and James Beard award winning cookbook author David Sterling transports us to the Yucatan.
By Evan Kleiman • • 57m ListenPhoto: Wes Avila
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8 storiesTokyo's Animal Cafes, from Cats to Owls
Animal cafes, where patrons can sip coffee while cuddling with pets that are available for adoption, have been a minor trend in Los Angeles lately.
Read the story7 minFrom Chaya to Panuchos, the Food of the Yucatán
Cookbook author David Sterling has spent the last 12 years in the Yucatán where he runs a cooking school and operates culinary tours. His book, Yucatán: Recipes from a Culinary Expedition , won the James Beard Award for Cookbook of the Year. We have a recipe for his Pollo en Bistec on the Good Food blog . Music: "Algiers" by Calexico
Read the story11 minHow Does It Feel to Eat 52 Habaneros in 20 Minutes?
Teresa de Jesus Sandoval won Chichen Itza's fifth annual habanero eating contest last weekend at the Mercado La Paloma. She ate 53 habaneros in twenty minutes, trumping last year's winner who choked down a mere 45. For some perspective, a habanero can be as hot as 350,000 on the Scoville scale, while the jalapeno is a maximum 10,000 Scovilles.
Read the story5 minThe Food of Mexico City's Street Stalls, Markets and Fondas
Lesley Tellez is a food writer and culinary guide. In 2010 she founded Eat Mexico , the first culinary tours in Mexico City devoted to street food, markets and fondas. Her new book of the same name now brings that same food to your home kitchen. We've got a recipe for her Sopa Milpa or Squash Flower Soup on the Good Food blog .
Read the story7 minThe 25 Best Tacos in Los Angeles
Bill Esparza writes the "Essential T" column for Los Angeles Magazine and put together their latest taco issue along with dine editor Lesley Bargar Suter. As Good Food's official taco correspondent, he lays out where to find the best tacos in Los Angeles .
Read the story7 minFrom Fine Dining in Paris to Slinging Tacos in LA
Wes Avila, chef-owner of Guerrilla Tacos , discusses how he went from fine dining restaurants in Paris to manning a taco truck in LA.
Read the story7 minMarket Report
Alex Weiser is the farmer behind Weiser Family Farms . This October he will harvest his first crop of Emerald Green Oaxacan corn. It's a dent corn that can be dried and milled for tamales, tortillas and cornbread. Music: "Wanna Be Your Lover" by Prince
Read the story4 minJonathan Gold Reviews Madcapra
Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Times. This week he reviews Madcapra , a California-inspired falafel counter at the Grand Central Market.
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