Photos: La Huasteca in Lynwood
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La Huasteca diners eat lunch under wrought-iron chandeliers. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
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Horchata, left, and pineapple-cactus agua fresca, as served at La Huasteca in Lynwood. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
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Shrimp pipian soup. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
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Nopalitos y chapulines, a salad of prickly pear and grasshoppers, as served at La Huasteca in Lynwood. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
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Chef Rocio Camacho with a selection of her dishes at La Huasteca. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)