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The return of the Great Tortilla Tournament
KCRW and Gustavo’s Great Tortilla Tournament makes its triumphant return. An LA writer is working to preserve Salvadoran recipes and history. Sandwiches inspired by Japanese convenience stores are the main draw at Konbi in Echo Park.
By Evan Kleiman • • 56m ListenKCRW and Gustavo’s Great Tortilla Tournament makes its triumphant return. An LA writer is working to preserve Salvadoran recipes and history. Sandwiches inspired by Japanese convenience stores are the main draw at Konbi in Echo Park. Plus: a SoCal fast food chain is reborn.
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6 storiesKCRW & Gustavo’s Great Tortilla Tournament is back, bigger and better!
Last year, I approached KCRW with the most ridiculous idea, in a career admittedly built on them: What if we did a sports-like tournament, but centered on tortillas?
Read the story10 minWriter Karla Vasquez strives to preserve Salvadoran food culture in L.A.
On a brisk, June morning in Silverlake, food writer Karla Vasquez stands in front of a shady backyard table, speaking to an audience of nine. She’s hosting her third Salvadoran cooking workshop. This time, it’s all about quesadilla: a…
Read the story8 minKonbi’s tribute to the Japanese convenience store sandwich
Konbi is a minimalist ten-seat lunch counter on Sunset Boulevard in Echo Park. Last year, the restaurant made a splash on social media with its highly photogenic sandwiches—inspired by their convenience store counterparts in Japan.
Read the story11 minOkra finally gets some respect
Chris Smith is a UK native and author whose fascination with okra began when he first encountered it at a greasy spoon diner in Georgia. He’s now an expert on okra has written a book about the many uses of this slimy seed pod “ The Whole Okra .”
Read the story11 minMarket Report: Grapes
It’s grape season in Southern California.
Read the story9 minAt Naugles, a heavy dose of Cal-Mex nostalgia
Orange County residents might remember the fast food chain Naugles, which was a competitor to Del Taco and Taco Bell in the 1970s and 80s before eventually going defunct.
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