MEHKO

For Diana Tapiz the best way to bring her community together is through a delicious home-cooked meal. “Food is community, food brings people together,” said Diana Tapiz, owner of Tres Fuegos Cocina. “We may not speak the same language but through a bowl of food we understand each other.” Tapiz has been cooking since she was a little girl, following…

Before the end of the month, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors will vote on an ordinance that will allow people to sell meals prepared in their home kitchens

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted Wednesday unanimously to take the first step toward allowing micro-enterprise home kitchens in the county, as part of a temporary program. Participating via teleconference, supervisors approved the first reading of an ordinance to let home kitchens, or “MEHKOs,” operate for a two-year period. The second ordinance reading will come during board’s...

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors took up a tasty topic at Wednesday’s board meeting: Whether to allow home kitchens to be used as mini restaurants.

“Micro-enterprise” operators would be limited to 30 meals in a day or 60 in a week, reports NBC 7’s Nicole Gomez.