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Finding Flavor in Garden Grove’s Car Country
When I first saw the numbingly repetitive suburban sprawl of Garden Grove, California, I asked myself, “Yeah, but where exactly am I?” I thought that the place could be Houston. Or Orlando. Or anywhere else in America where the city … Continue reading
Posted in California, Pizza
Tagged cuisine, El Salvador, Garden Grove, jalapeño, pizza, pupusa, pupusas, tacos, Vegan
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Killer Snails, Creepy Lemons, and Pupusas I Won’t Share
As a frequent visitor to New York City’s farmers’ markets, I was curious to check out what was available at markets on the West Coast. Last Sunday, I wandered around the Hollywood farmers’ market on Ivar and Selma Avenues, where … Continue reading
Posted in California, street food
Tagged avocado, cuisine, farmers' market, Hollywood, los angeles, pomegranate, public space, street food, street level
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Curry, Karaoke, and Curly Khmer Letters: an Afternoon in Long Beach
Long Beach’s Cambodian community is one of the latest ethnic communities of California to gain official recognition in the form of geographic nomenclature: Cambodia Town. It has also been informally called Little Phnom Penh, and the differences with the real … Continue reading
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Tagged Cambodian, cuisine, Khmer, long beach, los angeles, Phnom Penh, Sin Sisamouth
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Visiting Pasadena without Licking Telephone Poles
Last week, in the middle of Old Town Pasadena’s swirling of food and foot traffic, I stumbled on the city’s newest source of gastronomy: Rocket Fizz, a store selling locally made soda from around the country and the world. Newest, … Continue reading
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Tagged foot traffic, globalization, Moxie, regionalism, Rocket Fizz, root beer, soda
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