The Lost Nashville Hot Chicken History of Los Angeles | Eater LA

"At Lancaster’s second-ever California Poppy Festival in 1992 — a springtime event that coincides with the poppies' annual bloom and draws visitors from around the world to see hills covered in a sea of orange and yellow flowers — I found the moment that introduced Southern California to the Prince family’s Nashville hot chicken: Martin Prince frying batch after batch in a rinky-dink tent, pumping out chicken until they ran out, while festival-goers wrapped a white slice of bread around the wings and the organizers kept asking them to come back." - Mona Holmes