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"At 504 Brown Street we visited a more community-centric Mexican market that Sando prefers over the larger La Morenita Market; they carry a great selection of meats and produce and stock La Finca tortillas from Oakland—the only commercial tortillas he’s found that are made from whole corn rather than masa harina. Sando’s fascination with real tortillas leads him to explain nixtamal (soaking corn in calcium hydroxide and water, rubbing off the skins, then grinding to make masa) and his worry that the profusion of Maseca masa harina could erase the old-fashioned way—making this market one of the few places in Napa to buy whole-corn tortillas. We also bought chicharrones con carne here: wide arcs of pork belly deep-fried until crispy and decadent, which we ate on a bench in Fuller Park." - Lou Bustamante