It's a perfect party trifecta of tequila, margaritas, and salsa. Plus, we dig into the latest on food dyes.

• Ted Genoways considers José Cuervo's colorful history, from eluding Pancho Villa's death threats to bringing tequila north of the Mexican border
• Caroline Pardilla serves up 60 recipes for your next batch of margaritas
• Rick Martinez chops, blends, and crushes more than tomatoes for endless variations of salsa
• Dr. Jessica Knurick deciphers fact from fiction in the MAHA agenda.
• Although they're available year-round, blueberries actually have a season and they're ripe for the picking.

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What baking beliefs can you do without?

• Nicole Rucker rekindled her love for baking by tinkering with her favorite recipes and eliminating the fuss
• Gabriela Glueck visits the "Torture Orchard," where California's nut trees are pushed to the brink so they can withstand the curveballs thrown by climate change
• Nasim Alikhani spent decades working various jobs before realizing her calling — opening a restaurant to showcase the food of Iran
• Evan Kleiman recalls the crazy ride of the 1980s LA restaurant scene with Francis Lam, host of The Splendid Table
• Often overlooked among springtime greens, chef Dashiell Nathanson is anything but sorry to use sorrel in his cafe dishes

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What do we buy? And what does that say about us?

• Emily Mester examines what happens when consumption begins to consume you
• Journalist Ada Tseng visits Costco twice a week for gas, deals, and hidden Asian treasures
• Benjamin Lorr explores how the sliding doors at American grocery stores stay open
• Patty Civalleri tells us about the man who created Trader Joe's, which started in Pasadena in 1967
• Gustavo Arellano recalls the legacy of Frieda Caplan, who introduced Angelenos to all sorts of exotic produce
• LA transplant Vanessa Anderson, aka The Grocery Goblin on Tiktok, documents the city by visiting its markets.

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