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Most people love a home-cooked meal, but charge people money for it and you're breaking the law. But now, in California, the law has changed to allow more people to use their skills in the kitchen to earn a living.
Tacos Don Chai is one of the newest restaurants in Martinez. But if it's a dream come true, it's an accidental dream for owner Bryan Gonzalez, who in 2020 was helping manage a restaurant in San Francisco.
"I was left jobless, pretty much, on the day that the COVID announcement was made," said Bryan. "Just hanging out at home. Started cooking, started cooking for friends. My friends really enjoyed my cooking, my birria is special."
The Health Department shut him down. But Bryan wasn't the only one doing it. There are lots of people making and selling food out of their homes, they just do it as part of the underground economy. So, a new law, Assembly Bill 1325 signed in July, allows home cooks to come out of the shadows and make a living doing it. Roya Bagheri is CEO of Cook Alliance, the group that spearheaded the legislation.
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