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Bill Esparza is a James Beard award-winning food journalist, author of LA Mexicano, and onscreen food television personality covering food in United States and Latin America. His bylines include Eater, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Esquire, Los Angeles Magazine and many more. Additionally, Esparza has appeared on such shows as Top Chef, Bizarre Foods, Somebody Feed Phil, Netflix’s Street Food, and was a fixer for the late Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown on CNN. Furthermore, he is a Mexican-American food writer traveling Latin America, establishing himself as trusted source on the ground for over 15 years.

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You Can Eat Like ‘White Lotus’ Star Lisa at Los Angeles’s Fiery Mesa Thai

Mesa Thai’s Northeastern and Central Thai street food is serious enough to lure in one of the world’s biggest pop stars

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Los Angeles’s Best Mariscos Stand Is Slinging Ghost-Pepper-Spiked Aguachile

Chef Francisco Leal’s Mariscos Chiltepín is turning up the heat on its aguachiles and ceviches

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Find the Best Mesquite-Grilled Pescado Zarandeado in a Southern California Car Dealership

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A Rio-Style Hotspot Emerges Downtown From One of LA’s Top Brazilian Restaurateurs

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Do Virtual Volcanos and Laser Beams Make Beef Tenderloin Taste Better?

At the Gallery, a new Downtown LA tasting menu, projections amplify the dining experience

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A Beloved Highland Park Mariscos Truck Closes After 41 Years

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‘Top Chef’ and ‘Iron Chef’ Contestant Claudette Zepeda Opens a New San Diego Restaurant

The television chef gets personal with Leu Leu, cooking dishes based on her Mexican American heritage and world travel

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Los Angeles’s Best Regional Mexican Panadería Opens a New Bakery in Compton

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With a New Location and Liquor License, Oaxacan Icon Gish Bac Reimagines Its Future in Los Angeles

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Chef Diego Hernández Returns to Fine Dining in Valle de Guadalupe

Hernández follows his model of sustainable cooking with some of his former restaurant Corazón de Tierra’s greatest hits at the Museo De La Vid y El Vino in Valle de Guadalupe.