On a cool April night in my cluttered garage, I sat inside the cabin of my 1985 Toyota MR2 with my shaking hands gripping the keys. What if it doesn’t start? I thought to myself, There are so many ...

Octavio Peña is a writer and recipe developer living in San Jose, California. His work has appeared in KQED, Serious Eats, Food & Wine, Metro Silicon Valley, The Kitchn and more. The South Bay’s ...