L.A. Mexicano : recipes, people & places

Bill Esparza has written the ultimate book about Mexican food in Los Angeles, which includes:  history about people and places, recipes, resources, neighborhood restaurants listed by region and by specialty. In addition there are vibrant color photographs by Staci Valentine. In the introduction Gustavo Arellano best summarizes who Esparza is and what he has created.

"He is America's finest chronicler of Mexican food right now, the Livingston of lengua, the Magellan of menudo, the Captain Cook of carnitas. He tracks down the most obscure Mexican regional dishes, whether in a tiny Mexican village or an alley in the middle of the San Fernando Valley, and lets the world know about it, bringing big, necessary business to mom-and-pop shops. And he does this with no formal journalism training and while playing sax across the world."