Don't you hate when you try a dish from a new cuisine and you always end up ordering the same one every time? That's me with Peruvian food. I was first introduced to Lomo Saltado, a classic Peruvian-style stir-fry of steak and...
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Recent Posts by Stephen Chavez
L.A. Street Food Fest `Summer Tasting’ Event Back at the Rose Bowl
It appears to be food tasting season here in Los Angeles. Art and I are going to be wearing our stretchy pants for the next few weeks that’s for sure! We have Tacolandia this Sunday at the Palladium, East LA Meets Napa...
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Tangy Three Bean Salad from Goya Foods + Tacolandia Ticket Giveaway (UPDATE: Contest Closed)
It has taken many years of behind-the-scenes work for Bill Esparza of Street Gourmet LA to plan and create the first-ever "Tacolandia" Sunday, June 23 at the Hollywood Palladium (the event is sold out)....
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Cinco Recipes for Cinco de Mayo
Happy Cinco de Mayo from our kitchen to yours! Here are CINCO recipes to make your fiesta memorably delicious.
Click on the photos below to get the recipe.
Carne Asada
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New Hispanic Tea Company — Té Tiempo
There are two kinds of people in the world. Coffee people and tea people. I'm definitely a coffee person, but lately I find myself enjoying teas more and more. If we're at a restaurant, I am ordering an iced tea rather...
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My Favorite Things About Dodger Baseball
There are three things I love about Dodger baseball and it all centers around, you got it, food.
#1 -- Dodger Dogs -- Now, they may not be the best tasting hot dogs in LA, considering the ones you...
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Jalapeño Deviled Eggs
Here's my Easter story: When I was about seven-years-old my mom thought it'd be a smart idea to hide the Easter eggs in the backyard before the family trotted off to church. All throughout mass I fidgeted, anxious to get...
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California Avocados – A Proud Heritage
Spring is here and California avocados are available in abundant supply, so now is the perfect time to enjoy this delectable fruit. Two weeks ago the California Avocado Commission (CAC) invited us to an avocado-centric menu created by chef Neal...
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Top 5 Tips on How to Find Good Food While Traveling the World
Los Angeles Times Food Writer Jonathan Gold along with a panel of food bloggers shared tasting tips for globe-trotting foodies at the 15th annual LA Times Travel Show, the largest event of its kind in the western U.S. The show brought together more than...
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Nopales and Fried Tofu in Red Chipotle Sauce
Lenten season is upon us and I am always scrambling to figure out how to have a meatless day. I'm a true carnivore. I can't help it. Without meat in my meal I often find myself feeling deprived.
Nopales (cactus paddles) is...
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