The one type of food you need to be eating more of in LA

Plus, the Queen has a beer. [View this email in your browser]( Hi all, The Los Angeles metropolitan area has about 200,000 people of Armenian descent -- the most of any city in the United States. You can most see the influence of the community in East Hollywood, a section of which is known as Little Armenia. Here, you’ll find some of the best Armenian restaurants in the country. Writer Juliana Accioly spoke with locals about [why you should be eating more Armenian food]( whenever you’re in LA. Elsewhere in the world, Matador editor Tim Wenger [dove into the long history of Indiana’s Hoosier sugar cream pie]( and found a couple of restaurants that will make you, too, fall in love with the dessert. For beer lovers, Queen Elizabeth [approved a royal beer made from ingredients grown on her estate]( – but you’ll have to visit to give it a try. And for the sustainability minded, there’s one more sign that traveling through the skies is (slowly) becoming more sustainable: Alaska Airlines replaced its plastic water bottles with Boxed Water to [eliminate an estimated 7.2 million plastic bottles a year](. Have a great rest of the week, Nickolaus Hines, food and drink editor RESTAURANTS + BARS [For the best Armenian food in the US, head to East Hollywood]( From Glendale to Westwood, the Los Angeles metropolitan area is one of the centers of the Armenian diaspora. It has the largest Armenian population of any city in the US — 200,000 people of Armenian descent live in the area. With this community comes traditions and, of course, food. [THE TASTE OF ARMENIA IN LA]( LATEST ARTICLES RESTAURANTS + BARS [All pie lovers need to visit Indiana for Hoosier sugar cream pie]( NEWS [Queen Elizabeth has a beer now made with plants form her estate]( NEWS [Alaska Airlines replaces single-use plastic bottles with Boxed Water]( NEWS [A bottle of French wine aged in space is expected to sell for $1 million]( NEWS [Send your favorite teacher on a five-night trip to Margaritaville]( SUSTAINABILITY [Faka'apa'apa]( In the years since Tonga banned whale hunting, an important piece of the local economy has become swimming with whales. But will this new form of ecotourism be sustainable? [WATCH THE FILM]( FOLLOW US AND FIND YOUR NEXT #TRAVELSTOKE [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [Pinterest]( [Twitter]( [TikTok]( Copyright © 2021 Matador Network, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website. Our mailing address is: Matador Network PO Box 7775 #40021San Francisco, CA 94120 [Add us to your address book]( Need to change something? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from our newsletter](. We'll be here when you need us!