Jorge Alvarez-Tostado, a.k.a. "Joy" spends his nights in Koreatown (now moved to Venice) tending to a large spinning "trompo". While he slices off chunks of the slow-broiled adobada, he hawks his Tijuana-style tacos to any passerby who will try what he calls "the best taco in L.A." SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS AND NEWS http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=losangelestimes LET'S CONNECT: L.A. Times ► http://www.latimes.com/ Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/latimes Twitter ► https://twitter.com/LATimes Google+ ► https://plus.google.com/+latimes
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Barton G serves notoriously showy food, like mac 'n' cheese in a mousetrap, steaks with giant knives, and over-the-top martini glasses filled with ice cream. Joe and Sydney head to the LA location to see if the food is actually good or if it's all a bunch of hoopla for the 'gram. MORE GIANT FOOD...
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Katz’s Delicatessen has been a New York institution since 1888. Producer Spencer Alben visits to taste the legendary pastrami on rye and sits down with Jake Dell — the owner currently in charge of all major operations — to learn how Katz's survived the ages and became one of the most famous delis...
In this series, Michelle Zauner, an author and the singer of Japanese Breakfast, explores the results of migration on cuisine, and the personal experiences and community that are tied into the merging of food cultures. As cooks try to replicate familiar dishes in foreign homes, they rely on what’s around them. But...
We all have a colleague who refuses to watch Game of Thrones. For Billy Eff, this colleague is Nick Rose. Now that the final season has begun, Billy attempts to coax Nick into the GOT cult by playing to his biggest weakness: food. The guys head off to the distant and delightful land of Rawdon and try to recreate a...
