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Los Angeles Street Food:: A History from Tamaleros to Taco Trucks (American Palate) Paperback – July 20, 2015

by Farley Elliott (Author)
4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
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Los Angeles is the uncontested street food champion of the United States, and it isn't even a fair fight. Millions of hungry locals and wide-eyed tourists take to the streets to eat tacos, down bacon-wrapped hot dogs and indulge in the latest offerings from a fleet of gourmet food trucks and vendors. Dating back to the late nineteenth century when tamale men first hawked their fare from pushcarts and wagons, street food is now a billion-dollar industry in L.A.--and it isn't going anywhere! So hit the streets and dig in with local food writer Farley Elliott, who tackles the sometimes dicey subject of street food and serves up all there is to know about the greasy, cheesy, spicy and everything in between.
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    American Palate
  2. Print length
    176 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    The History Press
  5. Publication date
    July 20, 2015
  6. Dimensions
    6 x 0.31 x 9 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1626199914
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1626199910
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About the Author

Farley Elliott is a longtime food, drink and travel writer based in Los Angeles. While searching for the best street food, tacos, burgers and beer, he wrote weekly taco reviews for Serious Eats and burger rankings for LAist before branching out to strip mall eateries, restaurant news and larger print features for LA Weekly. Currently, Farley is a senior editor at Eater, sharing the daily restaurant scoop and highlighting the best that L.A.'s food scene has to offer.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The History Press (July 20, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1626199914
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1626199910
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.31 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 14 ratings

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Jet Captain
5.0 out of 5 stars Great guide to LA's best street food.
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2015
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Great book and very useful for us LA foodies. I've lived here for 25 years and still was amazed at what I've been missing in terms of our wonderful street food here in Los Angeles. Worth twice the price.
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S. Claspell
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2015
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A great read for any LA foodie. I have so many places I need to stop in to!
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Josephine Waterson
2.0 out of 5 stars Not a history, mostly reviews of vendors, bad writing, some useful info, not really worth the money.
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2015
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Only 40 pages out of 160 are about the history of LA street food, which makes the book's subtitle ("A History from Tamaleros to Taco Trucks") very misleading. The rest of the book comprises reviews of taco trucks and so on. Of course, most of this information is transitory, making the book into a mere guide with a very short shelf life. Not only that, but the author's style is puerile and packed with space-filling verbal tics and idiotic breathless prose.

For instance, raving about one taco truck (which really is good, I've eaten there), Elliott says "There's the colorful paint job, the bright lights strung along the top of the cab and an LED screen that scrolls slowly above the windshield displaying the options (and the quality) offered on board. What really puts Tacos Cuernavaca in a different league, though, is the menu."

See how idiotic this is? Yes, it's a good taco truck, but actually, every taco truck has a colorful paint job, bright lights, and an LED screen, or at least 2 out of 3 of them. He does this kind of thing for all his taco trucks. Who cares? Obviously the menu puts it in a different league or it wouldn't belong in the book. Other times, Elliott is just wrong. For instance, he says that Ricky's Fish Tacos (which should be a Los Angeles historical monument by now) is "open midday, primarily weekends." Well, that's just wrong. Ricky's is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, but that doesn't add up to "primarily weekends." Their hours are pretty stable, too, and are available on their Yelp page.

Anyway, as long as you know that what you're getting is a guidebook which will be outdated next year, there's nothing wrong with this book except for the C+ prose-style and the icky closeup photos of tacos. I found some places I didn't know about, and they were good, but I'd have found them on the web if I'd looked. I don't know, essentially I'm sorry I bought this book.
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Kimber Seachris
4.0 out of 5 stars Dependable seller
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2020
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Thanks for the product.
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jakeup
5.0 out of 5 stars Will be useful for years
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2015
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Necessary read if you live or are just visiting LA. Will be useful for years!
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Stella Carrier
5.0 out of 5 stars An Engaging Read Via My Unlimited Amazon Kindle Membership
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2020
Both my husband and I are in agreement of residing on the east coast for the long term though we both at times look at various media online andor offline that may pertain to different regions, cultures, andor ways of living regardless if similar or different from our own. I am glad to have surprisingly spotted this kindlebook that is Los Angeles Street Food A History From Tamaleros to Taco Trucks by Farley Elliott online because of the mix/variety of references in this kindlebook to include: a mix of both past history and modern businesses pertaining to this kindlebook’s title, what the author communicates in relation to the politics of street food, the many types of street food, a picture of some food skewers at an Asian night market in Los Angeles, a picture of street vendors preparing tortillas by hand, tamale vendors, some place called All Flavor No Grease, some place called the Tire Shop Taqueria, the Elote Corn Man, Blue Corn Quesadilla Lady, MacArthur Park Tamale Vendors, and more.
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Jeffsonica
5.0 out of 5 stars LA Street Food Bible
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2020
Essential reading for people who care about tha amazing LA people serving the most delicious street food in America
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huskyla27
1.0 out of 5 stars Not good. Agree with other poster
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2017
Yawn. Not good. Agree with other poster. It sounds like he was paid to review these vendors.
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