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Javier Cabral

Javier Cabral is a food culture and punk rock reporter born and raised in East Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley. He is an official Restaurant Scout for Jonathan Gold at LA Times and a Producer at KPFK's Pocho Hour of Power. He's been writing professionally since he was 16 years old.
In 2011, Javier published his first cover issue celebrating Mexican (Zacatecas) cooking for Saveur Magazine. It featured over a dozen of his family recipes.
He is the co-founder of Mexico Feeds Me, an ethnographic food tour service.
Recent Articles
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The Nosh
Food
Influential Eastside Beer Shop Ramirez Liquor Opens Tasting Room in Whittier
Post date: 2014-11-10T04:47:39-08:00Latino millennials residing in East and Southeast Los Angeles communities like Boyle Heights, East L.A., Montebello, Pico Rivera, Downey, Whittier and beyond are some of the most active craft beer enthusiasts in the city.
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The Nosh
Food
What Makes A Perfect Taco? Favorites from a Taco Madness Judge
Post date: 2014-04-08T08:57:11-07:00A taco expert lays out all the elements that go into a gold medal-caliber taco.
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The Nosh
Food
Traditional Mexican Lenten Foods Abound in Los Angeles
Post date: 2014-03-14T05:58:50-07:00Long before the U.S. government dreamed up the idea of Meatless Mondays, Catholics around the world were forgoing animal protein (except fish, of course) every Friday during Lent.
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Latin America
Artbound
Metralleta de Oro: Bringing the Bling to Cumbia
Post date: 2014-01-30T06:30:00-08:00The trio of young Mexican American DJs Metralleta de Oro specialize in Sonidero, an extremely rhythmic sub-genre of the Mexican, Central and South American cumbia genre notable for its thumping repetitive bass lines.
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The Nosh
Food
Culinary Traditions Meet at Highland Park's La Tropicana Market
Post date: 2014-01-22T05:37:47-08:00A Highland Park corner store, and the meat market within it, are creating a new kind of grocery store for a quickly changing neighborhood.
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The Nosh
Food
BYOP: Bring Your Own Pots and Pans For Weekend Menudo in L.A.
Post date: 2014-01-15T05:19:01-08:00Bringing your own food containers to stores and restaurants is nothing new in L.A. In some neighborhoods, it's the only way to get your weekend feast.