L.A.'s cochinita pibil matriarch and the first ever TACO MADNESS champion—back in 2009—Socorro "Mama Yuca's" Herrera has ...

L.A.'s cochinita pibil matriarch and the first ever TACO MADNESS champion—back in 2009—Socorro "Mama Yuca's" Herrera has passed away. She was a taquera powerhouse who was born in Merida and changed ...

Tamal versus tamale. The argument always comes up around this time of the year across the country as we all eat our body’s worth—at least—of tamales. And it turns out that your stance on the way to ...

Even if you aren’t religious, anyone is willing to believe that the baby Jesus would have wanted more tamales and more ...

Eating a rosca de reyes is a way to beat the post holiday blues. Here are where to find the best ones in L.A. and plus, the macabre origin of the religious holiday that involves murdering infants.

News L.A. TACO’s Most-Read Investigations Of 2024. In the past 12 months, L.A. TACO published investigations that other media ...

L.A. TACO takes pride in covering communities and culture in stories that reflect Los Angeles' diverse history, music, and people, from revisiting famous film locations to documenting local punk shows ...

Our haters consistently tell us to “stick to tacos.” And yet, every year our analytics tell us that some of our most clicked on stories are actually straight forward news and culture pieces that ...