LA Times
Maria Lorenzo, center, with four of her five daughters, from left, Judept, Maria, Heidi and Teresa Irra outside their family-run restaurant, Tamales Elena y Antojitos in Bell Gardens. “My daughters can show what they’ve learned from me about food, cooking, and my recipes,” Lorenzo, 58, said in Spanish. Friends affectionately referred his mother, Chen Fong, now 71, as “Mama Fong.” …
