Tamales Elena in Bell Gardens is keeping tradition alive by passing along their family stories and dishes from their Afro-Mexican heritage in the Costa Chica region of Guerrero, Mexico. Times columnist Lucas Kwan Peterson drops in to visit this family-run restaurant and learn about how they started their restaurant and try his hand at tamale making.

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