Unfortunately, there are certain cuisines that don't have the same cultural cache, if you will, that others — like Italian, Thai, Chinese and Mexican — have developed in the United States. One of ...
LOS ANGELES — Food never happened in a vacuum for Karla Tatiana Vasquez. Stories always followed. Whenever her grandmother or mother cooked, Vasquez knew something special was coming. Their food ...
The significance is not lost on Vasquez, a fiercely devoted Angeleno who like many others came to the United States from El Salvador as an infant with her family fleeing the Salvadoran civil war. In ...
Years ago, Karla Tatiana Vasquez tried to search up a recipe for one of her favorite Salvadoran dishes, Salpicón Salvadoreño. The scarce results not only disappointed Vasquez, but created a new ...
Newlywed chefs Rene and Stephanie Coreas launched Walking Spanish in 2020, after losing their jobs at Bon Temps, the Arts District restaurant where they met. The closure left them on unsure footing, ...
Ily Plisch’s food once brought a customer to tears. As she tells it, the moment he dug into the casamientos she made, tears were streaming down his face. He told Plisch he hadn’t had casamientos — a ...
Tacoma's food scene gets a major boost from Balcon Express, a cozy spot on 6th Avenue where Salvadoran flavors take center stage. I'm excited to share with you the dishes that keep locals coming back ...