With a multitude of fillings, such as pork and pineapple or tamales, the Mexican torta boasts nearly endless varieties. In the case of a typical torta, the bread is a crusty, oblong bolillo roll or ...

OAKLAND, California -- Visit Guadalajara, Mexico's second largest city, and you won't find a single wet burrito anywhere, but you will find its distant cousin -- the torta ahogada. It is a sandwich ...

Jorge Rojo, chef-owner of Ro-Ho Pork & Bread in San Antonio, left the practice of law behind for the crusty exterior and cushion-soft interior of the birote sourdough bread typical of his hometown, ...

The torta ahogada from Carnitas El Momo had a brief run at Smorgasburg six years ago. (Jenn Harris / Los Angeles Times) Torta ahogada and mulitas from Carnitas El Momo The torta ahogada at the new ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- During Hispanic Heritage Month, we celebrate their culture, music and, of course, food! One such food item that has increased in popularity in the area is a Mexican dish: Torta ...

You do not nibble at a torta ahogada. You go to battle with it. A symbolic dish of Guadalajara, the “drunken sandwich” is a monster of sorts — one mightier than the torta Cubano or even the Mexico ...

This year we’re marking the hundred-day countdown to Best of Phoenix 2015 by sharing some of our favorite dishes at restaurants all over the Valley. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try?

México’s second largest city, Guadalajara, on Saturday (Sept. 10) celebrated for the first time, the day of the torta ahogada or a salsa-drowned sandwich”, one of its signature dishes. At the event, ...

San Antonio’s nationally-lauded El Chivito Tortas Ahogadas has opened a second location. Credit: Instagram / el_chivito_tortas_ahogadas San Antonio’s nationally-lauded El Chivito Tortas Ahogadas is ...

The first time I tasted a torta ahogada (drowned sandwich) was at Pony Up, a Denver restaurant that specializes in French dip sandwiches. It’s Mexico’s answer to a French dip and comes from the ...

As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to ...

The torta ahogada at the new Carnitas El Momo in Monterey Park is a beautiful, massive sandwich. The dish is near and dear to chef and co-owner Vanessa Hermosillo, who grew up in Juanacatlán, Jalisco, ...