Join the Institute for the Study of Los Angeles (ISLA) as we continue our speaker series "Breaking Bread in LA: Connecting Communities and Cultures through Food", This series is compliment to the series of events this semester by Oxy Arts.
Event Date: Oct. 3, 2019
Tonight, we welcome Los Angeles Times Writer Gustavo Arellano. He will be giving a talk that expands on his recent article on the history of the Times' coverage of Mexican Food: https://www.latimes.com/food/
Gustavo Arellano is a features writer for the Los Angeles Times and the former publisher and editor of Orange County's alternative weekly OC Weekly, and the author of the column ¡Ask a Mexican!, which is syndicated nationally. Arellano has won numerous awards for the column, including the 2006 and 2008 Best Non-Political Column in a large-circulation weekly from the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, the 2007 Presidents Award from the Los Angeles Press Club and an Impacto Award from the National Hispanic Media Coalition, and a 2008 Latino Spirit award from the California Latino Legislative Caucus.
The columns were collected in book form in 2008 as ¡Ask a Mexican! Arellano has published two further books: Orange County: A Personal History, and Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America.
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