The L.A. Times recently lost one of its most talented former staff writers, Barbara Joan Hansen. He told me he was in his stinky work clothes lugging buckets of cement in and out of the building when he struck up a conversation with a food writer eager to learn about his mom’s chile verde recipe. Tony Medina showing his chile …
Food lovers have long haunted La Azteca Tortilleria in East Los Angeles for their flaky flour tortillas and oozing chile relleno burritos. It’s a righteous choice, but nearly everyone misses the gem next door: La Carreta, a small diner open for breakfast and lunch that’s been around since 1955 yet consistently functions as Guadalajara’s Atlas soccer club to La Azteca’s …
