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You've got the whole wide world 🌍🌎🌏 in your hands. 182 cuisines and cultures (so far!) to learn here in Greater Los Angeles. #EattheWorldLA https://eattheworldla.substack.com/

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Eat the World Los Angeles @eattheworldla.bsky.social · Nov 13

I wrote about Indigenous voices and foodways in Southern California. I would be really grateful if you gave it a read.

Indigenous resistance has been constant for centuries, its power is one way to envision a way forward in this country and on this Earth.

eattheworldla.substack.com/p/indigenous...

Indigenous Voices (and Foodways) in Southern California

In dark times, it is worth stepping back and following the lead of indigenous resistance, for there are centuries of experience dealing with the evils of settler colonialism.

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Eat the World Los Angeles @eattheworldla.bsky.social · 11h

🇸🇻 EL SALVADOR
Weekends are made for Don Lencho in South Los Angeles.
🔗 eattheworldla.substack.com/p/don-lencho...

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Eat the World Los Angeles @eattheworldla.bsky.social · 3d

Does anyone know a nice Salvadoran home business that makes tortas hula hula on weekends (or any day) in their yard? The family that made the one shown here has closed their business unfortunately.

Eat the World Los Angeles @eattheworldla.bsky.social · 7d

🇲🇽 SINALOA, MÉXICO
How about some weekend chorreadas and vampiros, machaca and chilorio, all in the style of Culiacán? The city of Bell has you covered.
📍 Tacos Culiacáncito, Bell, Southeast Los Angeles
🔗 eattheworldla.substack.com/p/tacos-culi...

Eat the World Los Angeles @eattheworldla.bsky.social · 11d

🇹🇲 TURKMENISTAN
Would you like to try a meat pie from Central Asia, found in street food stalls and bazaars of Ashgabat? Los Angeles has a place for that:
🔗 eattheworldla.substack.com/p/oasis-rest...

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Eat the World Los Angeles @eattheworldla.bsky.social · 15d

🇩🇪 GERMANY
Fridays are usually for Favorites, but today we have a new article about the distinctive style of Turkish döner kebab popular in Germany. It has a home at three locations in Orange County.
🔗 eattheworldla.substack.com/p/kebab-plan...

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Eat the World Los Angeles @eattheworldla.bsky.social · 17d

🇦🇲 ARMENIA
Three charcoal-grilled kebabs about to be tucked into lavash, Armenian BBQ, Victory Blvd., North Hollywood.
🔗 eattheworldla.substack.com/p/armenian-b...

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Eat the World Los Angeles @eattheworldla.bsky.social · 19d

If there are any Guatemalan restaurants in Seattle, they are likely to have it.

Eat the World Los Angeles @eattheworldla.bsky.social · 20d

🇬🇹 GUATEMALA
Hilachas de res, Chapinlandia Market & Restaurant, South Gate, Southeast Los Angeles.
🔗 eattheworldla.substack.com/p/chapinland...

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Eat the World Los Angeles @eattheworldla.bsky.social · 22d

🇹🇭 THAILAND
For this week's Friday Favorite, we head back to Long Beach's wonderful Chiang Rai เชียงราย and snuggle into bowls of khao soi, nam ngew, and other northern favorites.
🔗 eattheworldla.substack.com/p/chiang-rai...

Eat the World Los Angeles @eattheworldla.bsky.social · 23d

I was planning to write about the wonderful Vietnamese herbal goat hot pot purveyor Quán Ăn 909 in Garden Grove for tomorrow's Friday Favorite, but I just learned it has closed. Very sad. 🇻🇳
🔗 eattheworldla.substack.com/p/quan-an-90...

Eat the World Los Angeles @eattheworldla.bsky.social · Sep 9

🇸🇱 SIERRA LEONE
Egusi soup is sometimes available from Endless Eats, a mother-daughter operation based out of Fullerton. Read more in today's QUICK FIX:
🔗 eattheworldla.substack.com/p/endless-ea...

Eat the World Los Angeles @eattheworldla.bsky.social · Sep 1

🇮🇶 IRAQ
A new QUICK FIX for you today, a two-month old Iraqi café on Brookhurst Street near Little Arabia but north of the 5. The drinks and sweets combinations here make this a terrific place to meet friends for hours.

📍 Mar7aba Iraqi Café, Anaheim.
🔗 eattheworldla.substack.com/p/mar7aba-ir...

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Eat the World Los Angeles @eattheworldla.bsky.social · Aug 27

🇵🇰 PAKISTAN
A nondescript and easily missable new restaurant in Carson is packed with terrific flavor and color inside.
📍 Cloud Naan
🔗 eattheworldla.substack.com/p/cloud-naan...

Eat the World Los Angeles @eattheworldla.bsky.social · Aug 23

🇰🇷 SOUTH KOREA
It's Friday night, so let's visit a Friday Favorite. Prepare yourself for some ultimate gluttony (and a test of sobriety) in this Buena Park samgyupsal specialist. 꿀돼지 Honey Pig:
eattheworldla.substack.com/p/honey-pig-...

Eat the World Los Angeles @eattheworldla.bsky.social · Aug 22

🇱🇧 LEBANON
A folded makhlout (zaatar and cheese) manakish from Al-Amir Bakery in Claremont. Manakish fresh from the oven are the most valuable treasures of the Levant.
eattheworldla.substack.com/p/al-amir-ba...

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Eat the World Los Angeles @eattheworldla.bsky.social · Aug 14

🇲🇽 MÉXICO (Sinaloa)
Chilorio natural con frijoles puercos, Sinaloa Express, South Gate, Southeast Los Angeles:
🔗 eattheworldla.substack.com/p/sinaloa-ex...

Eat the World Los Angeles @eattheworldla.bsky.social · Aug 13

🇧🇩 BANGLADESH
Apologies to subscribers to the newsletter. Some other things have been going on these last couple months. Hope to pick back up... here is the Bangladeshi grocery store steam table I have been loving lately:
🔗 eattheworldla.substack.com/p/deshi-rest...

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Eat the World Los Angeles @eattheworldla.bsky.social · Jul 17

🇳🇵 NEPAL
This week's newsletter is a quick fix: The city's momo population continues to grow, this time Palms and the Westside are the beneficiaries of the Himalayan treat.
🔗 eattheworldla.substack.com/p/momo-souls...

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Eat the World Los Angeles @eattheworldla.bsky.social · Jul 12

🇯🇵 JAPAN
Our latest Friday Favorite was about a trip back to Boyle Heights to check in on almost 70-year old Otomisan. The long history of Japanese people in this neighborhood is alive in every dish served at this classic restaurant.
🔗 eattheworldla.substack.com/p/otomisan-j...

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Eat the World Los Angeles @eattheworldla.bsky.social · Jul 9

🇲🇽 MÉXICO (Jalisco)
The Wednesday special torta ahogada from Taquería Millo in Lennox, which lives inside/beside Carnicería Guadalajara. Also go on Monday for carne en su jugo!
🔗 eattheworldla.substack.com/p/taqueria-m...

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Eat the World Los Angeles @eattheworldla.bsky.social · Jun 27

The journalists I read the most/respect these days are very clear about where they stand, but then hold everyone in power to account. I do not want "both sides" when it comes to the color of the sky. I really love reading your work, don't be afraid of standing up for what is right.

Eat the World Los Angeles @eattheworldla.bsky.social · Jun 26

🇨🇿 CZECH REPUBLIC
A set of Kolaches from Kolache Factory in Huntington Beach. These transplants might be more Texan than they are Czech, but they are still delicious and welcome!
🔗 eattheworldla.substack.com/p/kolache-fa...

Eat the World Los Angeles @eattheworldla.bsky.social · Jun 25

🇲🇽 SINALOA, MÉXICO
The tastes and treasures of the city of Cosalá, in Sinaloa's higher country, have a home on Alondra Blvd. in Bellflower. Find delicious chilorio, machaca, and of course the tamales of the region:
🔗 eattheworldla.substack.com/p/carolina-t...

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Eat the World Los Angeles @eattheworldla.bsky.social · Jun 20

Yes, the very nature of a powwow is an invitation for anyone to come that can. Most people in attendance are Native, but at sometimes the emcee will even invite non-native guests to join some dances. It is always welcoming and you will not feel out of place at all even if you prefer just to watch.

Eat the World Los Angeles @eattheworldla.bsky.social · Jun 19

🇧🇦 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
A tiny slice of the Balkans in the second floor cafe of a building full of doctors offices in Encino.
🔗 eattheworldla.substack.com/p/rumors-caf...

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