Dec. 10: Order tamales from a local family business

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Nov. 30, 2021 1 PM PT

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Start thinking now about where you might be ordering your tamales, because the competitive market for large batches of them is already heating up. In time for Dec. 12, the feast day for the Virgin of Guadalupe, consider Tamales Elena y Antojitos in Bell Gardens and its food truck in Watts. (It’s my choice spot this year.) At both locations, L.A. eaters can place orders until Christmas Eve. Then it’s on a first-come, first-served basis. Don’t forget the warm corn-and-chocolate drink champurrado!
Info: ordertamaleselenayantojitos.com

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Daniel Hernandez

Daniel Hernandez is Food editor at the Los Angeles Times. He previously covered culture in Southern California, with an emphasis on media, identity, the internet, books and food. He is a former correspondent and editor in Mexico, where among other things he reported from inside El Chapo’s escape tunnel and on Mexico’s arts scenes. Hernandez is also the former editor of L.A. Taco and began his career as a Metro reporter at the Los Angeles Times at the age of 21.

Dec. 10: Order tamales from a local family business

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