When we relaunched in October 2019, we had no idea what kind of a season it would be. Looking back at our episodes, we’re proud of the work we’ve done – just the two of us (and Jess!). And we’re so bummed that we’re leaving you right now, when all this [gestures wildly] is still unfolding, and while many of you may be hurting and needing respite in podcasts. We’ll be back in no time, promise. With more conversations, stories and collaborations.

It’s often said that the Coronavirus does not discriminate. This is true, but how the virus affects communities varies depending on the resources a community has access to and what that community has historically faced.

This week has been rough y’all. But we’re finding small comfort in this conversation with Candice Fortman, a Detroit-based journalist and founder of Ladies Who Pizza – a social group for women to have fun, be vulnerable, be free and, as the name suggests, eat pizza.

This week, we sat down with The Glutster a.k.a. Javier Cabral — Editor-in-Chief of the LA Taco, co-author of Oaxaca: Home Cooking from the Heart of Mexico, and associate producer of Netflix's Taco Chronicles — to talk about code-switching, food writing, and the diversity of Mexican food in Los Angeles.

Whoa, it’s been a full year since Racist Sandwich switched off the lights and took what was, then, an indefinite hiatus. We’re so glad we made the decision to come back. We may be down two essential members, but we’re stronger and hungrier than ever! To celebrate how far we’ve come, we wanted to highlight one of our proudest moments of the past year: getting nominated for a James Beard Award for our episode on the erasure of barbecue’s Black roots in America.