Sports brings people together. Food brings people together. In Los Angeles, Chef Ray Garcia is involved in both.
In Garcia's view, regional Mexican cooking doesn't stop at the border, but extends north to encompass L.A. -- where it speaks a language all its own at Broken Spanish, his acclaimed restaurant. Garcia/s creative menu at BS Taqueria and the BS Taqueria concession stand recently opened at the Staples Center, also testifies to L.A. as a food region in its own right.
"Born and raised in L.A., went to school here, learned to cook here, have restaurants here," Garcia said.