L.A. Mexicano: Recipes, People & Places
The celebration of Mexican cooking that food lovers have been waiting for.
Richly photographed and authentically local, L.A. Mexicano showcases L.A.'s famously rich and complex Mexican-food culture, including recipes, profiles of chefs, bakers, restaurateurs, and vendors, and neighborhood guides. Part cookbook, part food journalism, and part love song to Los Angeles, it's the definitive resource for home cooks nationwide, hungry Angelenos, and food-loving visitors. Features a foreword by Taco USA's Gustavo Arellano and more than 100 photos by Staci Valentine.
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Book details
- Author
- Bill Esparza
- Imprint
- Prospect Park Books, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Cooking › Regional & Cultural › Mexican
Cooking › Regional & Cultural › American › California Style
Cooking › Essays & Narratives - Topics
- Mexican cuisine · Los Angeles · tacos · regional Mexican cooking · chefs and restaurateurs · neighborhood food guides · food journalism · salsas and mole
- ISBN-13
- 9781684428205 (Paperback)9781684428199 (Hardcover)
About the author
BILL ESPARZA is a James Beard Award winner and one of the country’s leading experts on Mexican food.
Esparza won the James Beard Award for his coverage of the LA taco scene in Los Angeles Magazine. He also writes about Mexican food for other publications and appears regularly on CNN, KCRW’s Good Food, and television programs including I'll Have What Phil’s Having, Bizarre Foods, and Top Chef.
When he’s not writing, Esparza curates the annual Tacolandia festival in Los Angeles and has traveled and eaten extensively throughout Mexico, Latin America, and Southern California. His deep firsthand knowledge of the region’s food cultures informs his work as a writer and commentator.
Bill lives in Los Angeles.