Mexican chef Margarita Carrillo Arronte says Americans have the wrong impression of food which isn’t all about comfort — fat and fried. When a chef told Carolina Aboumrad and Ricardo Olvera that his dream product was huitlacoche, they decided to import it to the U.S. Ricardo Ortega aims to make tortillas using honest ingredients at his tortilleria, Kernel of Truth Organics. Lexis-Olivier Ray of L.A. Taco rounds up the city’s best meat markets and carnicerías. New York Times critic Tejal Rao runs down her favorite veggie sandwiches across Los Angeles. Finally, the Crenshaw Farmers’ Market has relocated again, with better visibility and a match program for CalFresh benefits.
Mexican vegetarian, corn smut, tortillas, veggie sandos
Tejal Rao of the New York Times names the Ira Glass at Peter Lemos’s Wax Paper as one of her favorite veggie sandwiches in Los Angeles. Photo courtesy of Wax Paper.
From this Episode: