Patricia Escárcega
PhoenixNewTimes
California, United States
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The Top 12 Places to Eat Pizza in Greater Phoenix
You know what they say about pizza: Even when it's bad, it's still pretty good. But here's where to go to get the best. → Read More
Surviving the pandemic with takeout feasts that make you feel at home
It's been an uncommonly difficult year, but quarantine life is more bearable with some of our city's best offerings — food that speaks to a time and a place. → Read More
Masks on, bottoms up: 10 places to pick up a drink in L.A.
Recharge with coffee or wind down with a brew from these L.A. spots. → Read More
The food gift guide that also supports L.A. restaurants and businesses
Spice up your 2020 holiday season with our food gift guide featuring products, accessories, tools, classes, and more. → Read More
Why one Iowa restaurant owner says 'No love, no tacos'
In Iowa, one Mexican restaurant takes a stand: "No love, no tacos." → Read More
Genevieve Ko talks dim sum and Mexican food in the San Gabriel Valley
Genevieve Ko's fondest food memories involve old-school dim sum and East L.A. tacos. → Read More
L.A. Taco's Javier Cabral on scouting for tacos in Mexico and reporting the pandemic
We check in with Javier Cabral, editor of L.A. Taco and modern-day taco savant. → Read More
A USC grad is designing Los Angeles' first solar community fridge. Will it help extinguish hunger?
Bee Burlingame is building Los Angeles' first solar community fridge → Read More
Why restaurant critics can't ignore the pandemic
“Put fork or spoon or chopsticks to food. Take it to your mouth and swallow," one reader tells critic Patricia Escárcega. → Read More
SalviSoul's Karla Vasquez celebrates Salvadoran cuisine
On a mission to document Salvadoran recipes, Karla Vasquez of SalviSoul has run into a major stumbling block: the U.S. cookbook publishing industry. → Read More
Tasting Notes: The summer restaurant workers rose up
This summer, restaurant workers commanded as much attention as chefs. → Read More
One food critic looks back on L.A.'s surreal pandemic summer
Critic Patricia Escárcega looks back on L.A.'s long, hot pandemic summer. → Read More
Taco Power: L.A.'s HomeState merges music and food to make change
This Tex-Mex restaurant is fighting for justice, one vegan taco at a time. → Read More
Artist Lauren Halsey brings produce to underserved areas
Meet Lauren Halsey, an artist and futurist architect feeding South L.A. → Read More
One food critic's Fourth of July food memories
What are "traditional" Fourth of July foods, anyway? → Read More
Vegan Mexican food is taking Southern California by storm
Los Angeles is at the vanguard of Mexican plant-based and vegan cooking. → Read More
Did L.A. restaurants open too soon? One restaurant says yes
Nathaniel Muñoz of Bar Avalon talks about why he thinks restaurants should hit pause on reopening. → Read More
These two L.A. chefs aren't staying quiet. Their meals are fueling a revolution against racism
Danielle Elizabeth Stevens and Rogelio Stevens are fighting racism, one home-cooked meal at a time. → Read More
This young chef wants to hear more black voices in food media
Rahanna Bisseret Martinez, Oakland's prodigy chef, on what food media needs right now. → Read More
As curfews continue, struggling restaurants dealt an additional blow
Los Angeles is facing another 6 p.m. curfew Tuesday in the wake of widespread protests against the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer that began last week. → Read More