Editor’s note: This story originally published in the Los Angeles Times on Dec. 13th 2022. In some parts of Latin America, Christmas season is synonymous with Tamalada season; in others, it’s Coquito ...
I stared out the car window as my mom drove our Dodge Dart through the desert night. I was 10 years old, and my family was on a trip from Los Angeles to El Paso, Texas, to visit my grandpa for the ...