Unincorporated Muscoy gives birth to an unofficial taco row that features a rare specialty in L.A., split-roasted baby goat ...

Daniel Hernandez is Food editor at the Los Angeles Times. He is the 2022 recipient of the inaugural Nell Minow Award for Cultural Criticism from the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., and a ...

Francisco Salinas of the Muscoy taco stand El Lagunero cooks a baby goat and machitos over mesquite in the yard of an auto shop. Salinas typically cooks four cabritos a day. (William Liang / For ...

The first thing a visitor might notice upon approaching the taco stand Tacos de Cabrito y Machitos El Lagunero is the remains of a whole baby goat roasting on a spit over simmering mesquite.