(via Apple’s efforts fail to end gruelling conditions at Foxconn factories | Technology | The Guardian)

Gruelling workloads, humiliating punishments and battery-farm living conditions remain routine for workers assembling Apple’s luxury electronics, according to one of the most detailed reports yet on life inside China’s Foxconn factories.

(via Top 6 Tacos in the San Fernando Valley - Los Angeles Restaurants and Dining - Squid Ink)

Following up on our list of the 10 Best Tacos in Los Angeles, we decided to look onwards and upwards, towards the San Fernando Valley in search of even more great tacos. And find them we did, especially in Sylmar and Reseda. While you’re never too far from a taco truck or taqueria on any given jaunt through the Valley, we found six spots in particular for which we would make a special trip. Turn the page for our list.

(via Cuban Pastry Crisis | Consuming LA)

Porto’s Bakery and Cafe is a loud and lively LA institution selling pastries and awesome Cuban comfort food to Angelenos for decades. All three of its locations (Glendale, Burbank and Downey) have counter service only and the lines are usually long, but move fast. With so many delicious offerings, the only real crisis at Porto’s is deciding what to order. Here are my seven favorites:

(via WITHOUT A COUNTRY: In Mexicali, a haven for broken lives - latimes.com)

Mario Ramos stirs a pot of beans with a bent spatula as the men crowd into the kitchen, the ragged line stretching out the splintered doorway.

Years ago, Ramos, 45, grilled up pricey seafood in a tiki-themed restaurant on Pacific Coast Highway in Laguna Beach. Now, he’s serving starchy meals on plastic plates. One of his busboys worked at the Shanghai Grill in Beverly Hills; another is a 28-year-old U.S. Marines veteran.

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(via The Smarter Way to Chop an Avocado: BA Daily: bonappetit.com)