“The more the better,” says Sandra Cordero of Gasolina. “Spanish food has been so, so underrated in Los Angeles. There simply weren’t a lot of places to go for a long time.” The scene ...

Each episode focuses on a different territory, and as his daughters eat and learn about Spanish food, the audience eats (with their eyes) and learns, too. Of course, the show is about food.

was the actual Spanish food. Beginning in the 1800s, Los Angeles-based Mexican restaurant owners found themselves stuck between an unforgiving, racialized dining public and a need to make a living ...