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Ever Wonder What Happened to Norman Fierros?

  Still miss Norman Fierros' dessert chimichanga, the tiny Hershey bar fried to perfection, served at Norman's Arizona, his last local gig in what is now the heart of the La Grande Orange empire? Then you are a true Phoenician. And you probably remember Fierros' many financial, um, issues here.   Squid Ink, LA Weekly's food blog, has...
By Amy SilvermanAugust 13, 2010
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Still miss Norman Fierros’ dessert chimichanga, the tiny Hershey bar fried to perfection, served at Norman’s Arizona, his last local gig in what is now the heart of the La Grande Orange empire? Then you are a true Phoenician. And you probably remember Fierros’ many financial, um, issues here.  

Squid Ink, LA Weekly’s food blog, has a Q&A with Fierros, who has emerged quite successfully on the west coast. Read it and weep a bit. Or catch the next flight to Los Angeles.

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Amy Silverman is the former managing editor of Phoenix New Times. She is a two-time winner of the Arizona Press Club’s Journalist of the Year award. Her work has appeared on the radio show This American Life and in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Lenny Letter, and Brain, Child.

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