The torta ahogada, or “drunken sandwich”, is the king of Mexican sandwiches. Mightier than the torta Cubano, or even the Mexico City-style pambazo, this symbolic sandwich of Guadalajara is a mammoth ...

OAKLAND, California -- Visit Guadalajara, Mexico's second largest city, and you won't find a single wet burrito anywhere, but you will find its distant cousin -- the torta ahogada. It is a sandwich ...

In 2000, Javier Padilla started a restaurant in his Oakland home. He sold tortas ahogadas, the gloriously messy sandwich of his upbringing in Guadalajara, Mexico. It's stuffed with carnitas, then, ...

Last week, we tipped you off to the existence of tortas ahogadas at a new-ish truck on Santa Ana's 5th Street. (That's funny, you don't look new-ish.) These are not sandwiches for the faint of heart: ...

México’s second largest city, Guadalajara, on Saturday (Sept. 10) celebrated for the first time, the day of the torta ahogada or a salsa-drowned sandwich”, one of its signature dishes. At the event, ...

The torta ahogada at the new Carnitas El Momo in Monterey Park is a beautiful, massive sandwich. The dish is near and dear to chef and co-owner Vanessa Hermosillo, who grew up in Juanacatlán, Jalisco, ...

Crunchy, saucy, silky, spicy: the dippable torta ahogada will fuel your fall adventures. The origin of the torta ahogada was an accident—according to local lore, the “drowned sandwich” came about when ...

Our cookbook of the week is The Latin American Cookbook by Virgilio Martínez. Over the next two days, we’ll feature another recipe from the book and an interview with the author. To try another recipe ...

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