Welcome to the Lunch Box Atlas
This is a series of food and travel guides aimed at connecting you to stories of place and people. I weave history into my recommendations, report out origin stories and include a link to add all the picks to your Google maps with a click.
I first thought of creating my own guides when I was an LA Times reporter covering news in working class immigrant communities. Lifestyle content proliferated in a media environment in which most meaningful coverage of people and institutions had withered. What if a guide tried to do both?
The 14 Coffee Shops I frequent in Los Angeles
10 sandwiches to form a relationship with
The phenomenological guide to ekiben
The components of an epic holiday pantry run in LA