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EPISODE · Mar 17, 2026 · 33 MIN

Chef Bricia Lopez on her family’s legendary James Beard award winning Oaxacan restaurant, called the best in America

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Chef Bricia Lopez and her siblings are carrying on a Los Angeles tradition, the Oaxacan restaurant Guelaguetza founded decades ago by their parents, rescuing it from financial disaster and serving up the unique cuisine of that southern Mexican state, including moles, the special topped tortillas called tlayudas, and the fried grasshoppers called chapulines. The late legendary food critic Jonathan Gold called it the best Oaxacan restaurant in America, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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