One of my favorite events all year was Salsa, Salsa!, a day of making, eating, and dancing salsa. It was way back in August… in fact, the very first weekend after I moved here. The whole thing was put on by Fallen Fruit, the guys who map publicly accessible fruit, and Islands of LA, the guys who plant tomatoes in the middle of LA traffic islands and track which survive. And I found out just in the nick of time, thanks to Bert for commenting on one of my posts here…
The raw ingredients, including tomatoes from the traffic islands and the organizers' yards
Sampling all the different types of salsa, with freshly-fried tortilla chips
Everyone who came pitched in to chop tomatoes and make their own salsas from the ingredients on hand.
Afterwards there were salsa lessons and a salsa band. The event was held at Farmlab, which has a wonderful outdoor space under a bridge that served as the dance hall.
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