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The 2020 101 guide is more than a list of restaurants.
Bill Addison • Los Angeles Times • December 12, 2020
The mega-project that Patricia Escárcega and I spend months on each year is here! Its official title is “101 Restaurants, Dishes, People and Ideas That Define How We Eat” — a mouthful of a name that barely expresses the devastation of 2020 and the...
The full article can be read on the Los Angeles Times website.

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