In-N-Out ends secret menu price hack — here’s the proof
A secret strategy to pay much less for an In-N-Out burger is no more. The ordering hack, used by some customers to pay just a fraction of the price for one of the popular restaurant chain’s secret burgers, has been…
8 white wines and rosés to go with spring in L.A.
For me it’s the poppies. They’re not the first harbinger of spring, but they’re certainly the most dazzling. My wife and I usually make annual sojourns to the Carrizo Plain (avoiding the Instagram hordes in the Antelope Valley) to wander…
Bulk bins overflow with thousands of chocolates at Russian market Odessa
Series Vanessa Anderson is the Grocery Goblin, on a mission to explore neighborhood grocery stores throughout Southern California. If the Valley were an ocean, and it often feels as vast as one, then its sunken treasure is surely found in…
How looming tariffs are hurting California’s wine and liquor industry
Back in December, alcohol importer Raza Zaidi in San Francisco placed an order for a pallet of gins, liqueurs and bitters from a Mexican spirits producer. As the truck made its way north toward the border several weeks later, it…
Where to find the best table bread in Los Angeles
When is the last time a restaurant bread basket left a lasting impression? There was a moment when most Eurocentric restaurants in America offered complimentary bread. The basket or plate of sliced bread often acted as a first impression, an…
A rarely noticed but essential Job: restaurant utility worker
In the back kitchen of Chapter One, a neighborhood gastropub in downtown Santa Ana, the restaurant’s chief busser and utility worker, Alfonso Lira, is in constant motion. He takes out the trash. He cleans a prep station. He refills a…
Restaurant dishwasher cleans 500 a shift and says it’s her therapy
For most it’s a grind having to wash an assembly line of pots and pans first thing in the morning. For Sophia Velador, who helms the dish pit at the breakfast and lunch spot Alder & Sage in Long Beach,…
How this chef makes Paradise Dynasty’s popular radish pastry
Tomas Saldaña started his job as a line cook more than three years ago at Costa Mesa’s Paradise Dynasty, the Singapore-based restaurant group best known for its xiao long bao. But it wasn’t the restaurant’s famous soup dumplings that most…
AI could take your next drive-through order. What to know
Fast food customers might find themselves talking to an artificial intelligence voice the next time they order tacos or pizza at a drive-through. Yum Brands Inc., the parent company of Irvine-based Taco Bell and other popular fast food chains such…
Chili John’s, one of L.A.’s oldest restaurants, is at risk of closing. Could a new bar save it?
After an onslaught of recent restaurant closures, one of L.A.’s longest-running restaurants might join the ranks. Owners of Chili John’s, a Burbank institution since 1946, say they’ll have to close or sell the restaurant if business doesn’t increase. But a…
L.A.’s Willy Wonka? The ‘father’ of the Xbox has turned to chocolate
There are technological and biological wonders inside the sleek San Gabriel offices of Seamus Blackley, which are evasively named — intentionally so — Pacific Light & Hologram. Best known as the creator of Microsoft’s Xbox video game console, Blackley can’t…
L.A. landmark Pacific Dining Car under demolition after fire
A blaze severely damaged Westlake’s historic Pacific Dining Car restaurant Thursday morning, leading to demolition of much of the structure at the site later that afternoon. The blaze was the second fire reported at the shuttered eatery in less than…
I tasted 394 wines in one day. Here’s what I learned about American wine
Tasting wine can be hard work. Really. I’m not talking about a weekend with friends tooling around wine country in a fun bus. I am talking about the high-stakes analysis of hundreds of wines in a single sitting: 144 Chardonnay,…
Mexico City’s Pujol heads to Los Angeles to celebrate 25 years
At Mexico City’s Pujol, Enrique Olvera makes what could be the world’s most famous mole, and next month, Angelenos can taste it at a pop-up he’s planning for the restaurant’s 25th anniversary. From April 22 to 30, Olvera and his…
Where to find Brazilian burgers in Los Angeles
At Pedroca’s Burguer in Lawndale, the burger pendulum has swung from the lacy, gossamer patties of the smashburger to a creation so thick, you’ll need to detach the lower half of your jaw to consume it. And it’s not just…
The Café 2001 Green Pea and Potato Salad Recipe
Potato salad is one of the dishes taken from the Western canon that’s become an essential in Japanese home cooking. It’s also a regular izakaya and yoshoku restaurant dish, from cheap and cheerful to high-end. Chefs tend to have a…
Mexico bans planting of genetically modified American corn
MEXICO CITY — There’s a popular saying in Mexico, where corn is as central to national mythology as it is gastronomy. Sin maíz, no hay país. Without corn, there is no country. This week, Mexico’s leaders voted to enshrine that concept in…
Broccoli-Fennel Soup With Garlic Croutons Recipe
Make the soup: Cut the broccoli stems from the crowns. Cut the crowns into large florets and slice the stems about ½ inch thick. Set aside. Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a soup pot over medium heat for…
We’ll Always Have Italy Vegetable Soup Recipe
Pull the kale and chard leaves from the stems and set the leaves aside. Chop off and discard the woody ends of the stems. Slice the remaining stems ½-inch thick. Heat the oil in a large soup pot over medium-high…
Nipsey Hussle’s legacy lives on with Marathon Burger, a new Melrose diner
You can smell the char of the Wagyu burgers from down the block, which is coincidentally how far the line often stretches. But at Melrose Avenue’s newest diner, the food isn’t the only draw. Marathon Burger is an ode to…
Health Is Wealth Lentil Soup Recipe
Add the lentils, thyme sprigs, bay leaves, arbol chile and half of the broth (or water). Increase the heat to high and bring the soup to a boil. Reduce the heat so the soup is gently simmering and cook for…
Michelin adds 15 restaurants to its California guide. 7 are in L.A.
Before the Michelin Guide publishes its annual compendium of the best California restaurants, the global dining authority inducts some of the region’s new and notable spots, inviting intrigue, celebration and speculation as to what these inclusions will mean once the…
Three feel-good vegetable soup recipes for winter to spring
At the start of this year, I did some positive reframing of my self-flagellating resolutions and resolved to be nice to myself instead, by always having something healthy and comforting on hand to eat. That is: soup! This is only…
Review: Sora Craft Kitchen is like no other Turkish restaurant in L.A.
Kibbeh, the improbably delicate union of bulgur and spiced ground meat, is a shape-shifter of a dish. Its name adapts to languages and dialects throughout southwestern Asian countries; in Turkey, it goes by içli köfte. Many of us know kibbeh…
At Sora Craft Kitchen in downtown L.A., the chef has just one employee — himself
Chef Okay Inak, who grew up in Turkey and spent time in New York cooking at fine-dining institutions Per Se and Eleven Madison Park as well as Mélisse in L.A., is alone in his tiny 16-seat restaurant on an industrial…
Where to find the best, most unique pickles in Los Angeles
Did social media videos of ranch pickles, chamoy pickles and glickles (pickles with edible glitter) make pickle lovers out of all of us during the pandemic? Or did TikTok just give the existing pickle heads a new outlet for our…
After 101 years, the doors close on L.A.’s Original Pantry Cafe
Downtown Los Angeles on Sunday lost another iconic eatery with the closure of the Original Pantry Cafe, which had been serving up hot coffee, burgers and breakfast platters since 1924. News of the planned closure drew brisk business as patrons…
In pursuit of the perfect martini. Hint: There is vermouth
There are few better places in the world one might begin to self-identify as a martini drinker than at Musso & Frank Grill, the 106-year-old Hollywood statehouse for martini consumption. My conversion happened at the cusp of the restaurant’s 100th…
Carrot & Jalapeño Escabeche
How to make Bricia Lopez and T.J. Steele’s carrot and jalapeño escabeche.
Sandy Ho’s Napa Cabbage Chicken Salad Recipe
This is a dish that chef-creator Sandy Ho always likes to keep stocked in her fridge. Bright, salty, funky and spicy, it’s a salad that runs the gamut and is worth roasting a chicken for, although it’s just as effective…
L.A. Times readers respond: Favorite memories at the Original Pantry Cafe
A fixture in L.A.’s dining scene since 1924, the Original Pantry Cafe closed on Sunday after a union contract dispute between the owners and staff, many of whom had worked at the Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument for decades. Fans came…
Scarlett Kapella’s Pervert Pie Recipe
Scarlett Kapella — a popular dancer at one of L.A.’s favorite strip bars, Jumbo’s Clown Room — included this Key lime pie recipe in her new cookbook, “Wine Me, Dine Me, 69 Me.” She describes it as “an ode to…
Meet the Jumbo’s Clown Room dancer whose sexy, effortless cookbook is ‘for the girls’
In another life, before she was a beloved veteran dancer at Jumbo’s Clown Room, Scarlett Kapella picked up a day shift at a sleazy yet notorious strip club in the Valley called the Candy Cat — well, notorious because it…
Noma launches its own coffee, Noma Kaffe, delivered to your door
Chef René Redzepi of famed restaurant Noma in Copenhagen and his flavor laboratory Noma Projects are launching a new coffee membership, available to be delivered around the world, starting today. Redzepi’s mission to distill elements of his surrounding landscape onto…
What is a cacao ceremony and why are they showing up all over L.A.?
Walking barefoot across the cool tile floor, her silver face gems twinkling in the sunlight, sound bath practitioner and energy healer Maya Andreeva distributed paper cups filled with brown liquid to the 20 mostly youngish adults seated on yoga mats…
Bill Addison’s Perfect Martini Recipe
Making martinis at home is a pleasure that’s distinct from drinking them in the world. Restaurants and bars tend to stock only a handful of widely distributed gins, with maybe one or two boutique gins in the mix to support…
Sandy Ho’s Funky Fresh Oysters Recipe
Oysters are a signature item for chef Sandy Ho, who regularly serves them at events and in her own home. The chef-founder of Sandita’s World, a culinary company known for its wild-hued dumplings, noodles, salads and other dishes, loves to…
Avocado, tequila prices could go up due to Trump’s Mexico tariffs
That extra dab of guacamole on a burrito is likely to cost more in coming days. President Trump’s new tariffs, if they go into effect on Tuesday as scheduled, are expected to increase the price of Mexican avocados, beer and…
The downtown L.A. diner closed on Sunday after 101 years in business.
The Original Pantry Cafe closed on Sunday after 101 years of serving up homestyle breakfast platters, burgers and coffee on the corner of 9th and South Figueroa streets in downtown L.A. Fans of the iconic diner lined up around the…
The best all-you-can-eat dim sum, sushi and Korean barbecue
Before the pandemic made people scrunch up their noses at the thought of communal serving ware, buffet restaurants in the United States made up a nearly $8-billion industry. It was an economical way to feed the entire family (or a…
Johnny Angiuli, patriarch of Eastside Italian Deli, dies at 81
Eastside Italian Deli owner Giovanni “Johnny” Angiuli died at the age of 81, leaving behind one of the city’s oldest restaurants and a legion of fans. Along with his late brother Frank, he ran one of Los Angeles’ longest-running delis…
Changing tastes, cheap imports and a looming Canadian boycott. A ‘perfect storm’ for California’s wine industry
Just as uncontrollable financial, demographic and other forces have wreaked havoc in Hollywood, California’s wine industry is now reeling from epochal stresses that are grinding down yet another mainstay of the state’s economy. The aging of baby boomers who long…
The Gallery, L.A.’s new immersive restaurant, feels like a theme park
To set foot inside the Gallery, a new restaurant and bar in downtown, is to be whisked into a world fit for a theme park. Walk in via its bar, and gone are views of Olympic Boulevard. In the place…
Stylish new L.A. restaurant Alba wants to take you on an Italian holiday
The inventive pastas, vacation-inspired Italian cuisine and lengthy wine list of New York City’s Cucina Alba have landed in West Hollywood. At Alba, one of the city’s splashiest new Italian restaurants, chef-partner Adam Leonti and restaurateurs Will Makris, Cobi Levy…
Baby goat tacos, anyone? Only in Muscoy, San Bernardino
The first thing a visitor might notice upon approaching the taco stand Tacos de Cabrito y Machitos El Lagunero is the remains of a whole baby goat roasting on a spit over simmering mesquite. The scent of the smoke upon…
Where to find the best pastries in the South Bay: Noga Bread Co.
A lot of stuff had to go very wrong for Noga Bread Co. to be a success. The bakery run by Lee Begim and Avi Sabag sets up shop in Torrance, at a pop-up morning market that appears twice a…
San & Wolves is Long Beach’s new Filipino vegan bakery with lines down the block
• After years of pop-ups, San & Wolves opens a bakery in Long Beach. • Find plant-based pastries, doughnuts and pandesal sliders at the new 4th Street bakeshop. Some of the most sought-after pastries at San & Wolves Bakeshop are…
Original Pantry Cafe owner threatens to close historic diner
During his 25 years at the Original Pantry Cafe, Alejandro Ortiz worked his way from cleaner to prep cook and, most recently, server. Often, he pulled night shifts and double shifts. He worked so much, he missed the birth of…
Does the new Panda Inn have the best orange chicken anywhere?
Servers at the newly reopened Panda Inn restaurant in Pasadena glide around the dining room with massive trays hoisted over their shoulders, each one overflowing with platters of orange chicken, bowls of hot and sour soup and orders of mu…
Amid bird flu, legendary L.A. deli hatches egg surcharge
The rising cost of eggs has left one of the most famous delis in Los Angeles scrambling to keep up. Langer’s Delicatessen-Restaurant in Westlake last week began charging customers 50 cents more per egg ordered. “I tried to wait and…
Quarter Sheets’ Grapefruit Pie Recipe
The bright, tart-sweet citrus curd in this whipped-cream-topped grapefruit pie is made with lots of grapefruit juice from the sweetest variety you can find and a little lime and lemon juice. Pastry chef Hannah Ziskin of Quarter Sheets in Echo…
Where to find the best chicken pot pie
It was December of 1980, and Juan Valerio Garcia needed a job. The 17-year-old immigrant from Zacatecas, Mexico, didn’t have much work experience beyond a few landscaping gigs. He decided his best chance at landing a full-time job was to…
These L.A. markets are museums. Just look behind the fish counter
Series Vanessa Anderson is the Grocery Goblin, on a mission to explore every grocery store in Southern California. Around the corner from the cavernous aisles — past the frozen hunks of galangal, tinned lychees in their syrupy baths and smooth…
This line-worthy Taiwanese L.A. cafe opened an ice cream parlor
Most days the line for Liu’s Cafe stretches down a block of Koreatown, guests queuing for fresh dumplings, noodle bowls and pastries at the Taiwanese and Chinese restaurant and tea shop. But lately, a line’s been forming for something new…
Smorgasburg’s new 2025 vendors: desi boba, Filipino barbecue and more
One of L.A.’s favorite food festivals is back in action, and with more than a dozen new culinary vendors in its 2025 roster. Nearly every Sunday of the year Smorgasburg fills the Row DTLA complex with more than 70 stalls…
L.A. restaurateurs petition lawmakers as businesses shutter in wake of fires
On Tuesday morning one of the city’s most influential chefs stood on the steps of City Hall: Wes Avila, along with his business partner and a fellow small business owner, were there to appeal to local politicians and lawmakers. L.A.’s…
Fewer diners, tense restaurant workers amid immigration crackdown
The chilly first two months of the year are usually a peak business period for Teddy’s Red Tacos, where diners indulge in the restaurant’s specialty, birria — spicy, warm and deeply tender meat slowly braised in its own fat and…
Better-Than-Chasen’s Chili Recipe – Los Angeles Times
3 large Spanish yellow onions, diced 2 tablespoons vegetable or olive oil 1 ½ tablespoons kosher salt, plus more to taste 3 red bell peppers, cored, seeded and diced 8 large garlic cloves, chopped or grated on a Microplane 1…
Where to find the best rou jia mo or Chinese hamburger
Rou jia mo can be an unlovely thing, uncouth as a sloppy Joe and as decadent and satisfying as your favorite steakhouse burger. Sometimes called a Chinese hamburger, when done well, it’s one of the greatest meat-between-bread situations in the…
Dungeness crab fishery in peril as California ramps up regulations
BODEGA BAY, Calif. — It was a calm January morning, the waters off Bodega Bay unusually smooth, but crab fisherman Dick Ogg couldn’t shake a grim feeling that the day wouldn’t go his way. The Dungeness crab season had opened just a…
Simple Quesadillas Recipe – Los Angeles Times
These quesadillas are made with corn tortillas, folded in half, which is how they’re traditionally made in most parts of Mexico. They’re like slim, cheesy hand pies. They’re easy to make and a perfect accompaniment to a big pot of…
The best Super Bowl chili recipe? It’s the one you’re making right now
When it comes to chili, people feel the same way about their recipe as they do about their dog: Everyone thinks theirs is the best. I know I do. Mine started with Chasen’s chili. If you’re a longtime Angeleno, then…
Review: Dumpling parlor meets tea house at Good Alley, a busy SGV tang bao specialist
Four variations of guan tang bao — a style of soup dumplings popularized in Kaifeng, a city in north-central China’s Henan province — headline the menu at Good Alley in Rosemead. Pork anchors three of the fillings. The fourth, featuring…
How to make guacamole, according to 17 L.A. Times readers
Guacamole is the ultimate side dish — one most of us will be eating atop tortilla chips come Super Bowl Sunday. Simple ingredients of avocado, tomato, onion and lime juice define the typical Mexican American approach. But Food editor Daniel…
One of L.A.’s favorite pop-ups launches an old-school burger shack in Eagle Rock
Yellow Paper Burger With items inspired by classic L.A. burger stands and bars, Yellow Paper Burger is serving a new take on nostalgic flavors at a walk-up counter in Eagle Rock. The former pop-up from husband-and-wife team Colin Fahrner and…
Pasadena’s proudly ‘weird’ Bar Chelou restaurant to close this month
Bar Chelou garnered local and national praise from a small corner of the century-old Pasadena Playhouse building when it opened in early 2023, but this month it will take a bow. Faced with renewing the restaurant’s lease and after seeing…
Post & Beam soul food restaurant in Baldwin Hills to permanently close
Post & Beam, a destination restaurant for California comfort food in Baldwin Hills for 13 years, will close permanently at the end of February. Post & Beam has been led since 2019 by chef John Cleveland and his wife, Roni…
It’s time to drop tomato and onion from your guacamole, America
Food editor Daniel Hernandez at the Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen says remove tomato and onion from guacamole and you’re on your way to ancient avocado nirvana. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) Like many in Southern California, I…
Mexico City-Style Spicy Guacamole Recipe
It’s time to drop the tomatoes and onion from your guacamole, America, for good. This super-simple but spicy recipe is inspired by years of lazy Sunday afternoons spent on friends’ rooftops or patios in Mexico City, grilling meat and cactus…
Alyse Whitney's Spicy California Roll Guacamole
How to make Alyse Whitney’s Spicy California Roll Guacamole dip for the Super Bowl or your next party or dinner.
‘Is it gonna be busy?’ Woon Pasadena opens in wake of Eaton fire
The first week that Woon opened in Pasadena, lines stretched out the door and down the block every day, guests queuing for bowls of chewy beef noodles or tofu in hot-and-sour sauce. The family-run Chinese restaurant had just debuted its…
A new wave of young winemakers in Santa Cruz is leading a revolution
The Santa Cruz Mountain range — as far as its wines go — is shrouded in relative obscurity despite its rich history and undeniable potential. But there are signs that the region might finally be emerging from behind the shadows…
Cassia, the Santa Monica restaurant ‘colonizing the colonizers,’ set to close in February
Next month, one of the most singular Asian restaurants in Los Angeles will close after nearly a decade in operation. Cassia — home of “sunbathing prawns,” bowls of creamy laksa and clay-oven flatbreads from chef Bryant Ng — will serve…
Little Fish and Chainsaw’s Chicken and Leek Congee Recipe
When the city needed comfort, Little Fish and Chainsaw answered. These two restaurants joined forces to serve thousands of meals to first responders and evacuees after the 2025 L.A. wildfires, including a riff on a familiar favorite, congee. Little Fish…
Little Fish and Chainsaw’s Vegan Carrot Ginger Soup Recipe
This creamy, punchy fresh carrot and ginger soup is vegan and bright, but it’s hearty — and it’s also got heart. When Little Fish co-owner Anna Sonenshein and Chainsaw owner Karla Subero Pittol received a donation of 1,000 pounds of…
Uncertain future for Altadena restaurants that survived fire
Three days after the Eaton fire devoured his Altadena home, Leo Bulgarini traveled through his leveled neighborhood, past scorched houses and gutted businesses, to check on his restaurant. As he approached the corner of Altadena Drive and Lake Avenue, about…
Nearly 20 L.A. and Orange County chefs and restaurants are 2025 James Beard Awards semifinalists
This morning some of the country’s top chefs, restaurants and beverage professionals garnered industry-wide recognition with the announcement of the 2025 James Beard Award’s semifinalists. The annual awards ceremony — widely regarded as some of the most prestigious accolades in…
What L.A. chefs and restaurateurs need most in the new year
Los Angeles is a resilient town. I don’t know that we’ve witnessed a disaster as catastrophic as these fires before, but I’m hopeful the city will eventually heal and rebuild. Even before the multiple wildfires, restaurants were struggling. The entertainment…
Advice for RFK Jr. on how FDA can improve Americans’ health
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called the Food and Drug Administration a “corrupt system” that is waging “war on public health.” He has pledged to eliminate “entire departments” at the agency charged with ensuring the safety of the foods Americans…
How this Pasadena chef is rebuilding after losing his home in the Eaton fire
Over the past eight years, Dean and Pauline Yasharian built a life for their family in a quiet corner of northeast Altadena. They live near the top of an area known as Christmas Tree Lane. Their two children attend the…
Some of the city’s top pizzerias join forces for LA Pizza Alliance, send 245 free pizzas to those in need
On Wednesday night, dozens of pizzaiolos crammed into the kitchen of La Sorted’s in Chinatown to make hundreds of meals for a newly formed food-relief coalition: the LA Pizza Alliance. More than 25 independent restaurants and over 90 volunteer drivers…
The destruction of Altadena reverberates across Black Los Angeles
Unable to sleep around 2 a.m. last Wednesday, Sean St. John got out of bed and drove from his Pasadena home to check on his Altadena pizzeria, Pizza of Venice. He’d just been at the restaurant around 9 p.m., when…
FDA bans red dye No. 3 because it causes cancer in rats
The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that the much-maligned red dye No. 3 will be banned in the United States because it has been shown to cause cancer in animals. The decision, lauded by consumer advocacy groups, comes a…
These fundraisers are helping restaurant workers after the L.A. fires
Felipe Ortega has spent 38 years — more than half of his life — working at Gladstones in Pacific Palisades. He started as a busboy and worked his way to bartender and maintenance worker. But for the foreseeable future, the…
Review: At Camélia downtown, the Arts District hot spot redefines the bistro for L.A.
In the bleakest days of early 2021, when Courtney Kaplan and Charles Namba started believing that the pandemic would force the closure of Tsubaki, their modern izakaya in Echo Park, the couple would distract themselves with some hopeful fantasizing: If…
With bird flu affecting egg prices, brunch in L.A. may soon cost more
Ongoing egg shortages in California due to the spread of bird flu among livestock are bringing another early 2025 challenge to local restaurants, especially brunch spots that rely heavily on eggs for menu items. It’s also unclear how the ongoing…
A running list of L.A. restaurants destroyed in Palisades and Eaton fires
Wide swaths of L.A. County lay scorched after devastating fires. Long-standing restaurants that once defined the coastline were partially or completely destroyed, including Gladstones, Moonshadows and Reel Inn in Malibu, as well as a growing number of Altadena restaurants. Some…
Los Angeles is burning. The city’s restaurants are feeding those in need
On Wednesday, evacuees trickled into the Pasadena Convention Center in a steady stream, many holding only one or two bags containing belongings saved before the multiple fires in the region might claim their homes. Parked out front was the Yeastie…
Palisades fire hits Moonshadows, Reel Inn, Gladstone’s and more beach restaurants
“It’s like Armageddon,” Canyon Bakery owner Patrice Winter said. “That’s all I can say. What they’re showing on the news is really real; they’re not sensationalizing any of this. It’s what I saw with my own eyes. It rocks your…
Fountain Grains & Greens’ Grilled Beet Greens Recipe
In a bid to minimize waste in his East Hollywood restaurant, Fountain Grains & Greens chef-owner Aric Attebery loves to cook beet greens. The leaves of the root vegetable often get discarded, but when cooked they make an excellent side…
Guerrilla Tacos, Sage, Lustig, Bar Monette and more to close in 2025
Genre-bending Guerrilla Tacos and farm-focused Sage are among some of the city’s most influential restaurants of the last decade to announce their closures in the first days of 2025. A rash of shutterings in the early days of the year…
Fountain Grains & Greens’ Sauerkraut and Beet-Stem Salad Recipe
Chef-owner Aric Attebery highlights the freshest produce of the season at his East Hollywood restaurant Fountain Grains & Greens, which specializes in grain bowls and salads made with farmers market ingredients. His bright, lightly tart sauerkraut captures one of his…
These are my favorite apple fritters in Los Angeles
In many ways, 2025 already feels like a dumpster fire. Not like the first few sparks of a blaze that’s about to ignite, but a raging fire fast engulfing anything and everything in its path. Maybe a few well-intentioned resolutions…
Socorro Herrera, founder of tiny Los Feliz taco stand Yuca’s Hut, dies
When Socorro Herrera saw the former shoeshine booth in a Los Feliz liquor store parking lot back in 1976, she said she thought to herself, “This is enough for me.” And it was. For 48 years, Herrera helmed Yuca’s Hut…
U.S. surgeon general wants cancer warning labels on alcoholic drinks
Alcoholic drinks are a leading cause of cancer and should carry a warning about that risk on their labels, the U.S. surgeon general said Friday. Alcohol is a factor in nearly 100,000 newly diagnosed cancers each year and roughly 20,000…
Newsom pledges to get tough on ultra-processed foods in California
Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order on Friday attempting to limit access to ultra-processed foods, a directive he cast as a continuation of California’s “nation leading” nutrition and health standards. “The food we eat shouldn’t make us sick with…
Can probiotic supplements prevent hangovers?
The ads on podcasts and social media were tantalizing: over-the-counter probiotic supplements that could ward off the worst effects of a hangover if taken before drinking. As a bourbon reviewer who enjoys the flavor of spirits but has always been…
California baby food labels will soon reveal levels of lead, mercury
Beginning Wednesday, baby food makers that sell products in California will have to make a major shift toward transparency and provide a QR code on their packaging that takes consumers to test results for the presence in their product of…
What’s in store for ailing restaurant industry in 2025? 7 issues to watch
Operating a restaurant in Southern California continues to be a difficult endeavor, with many establishments still struggling from pandemic losses. Food and labor costs increased in 2024, remaining by far the largest expenses of running a restaurant, according to the…
How to make the ultimate holiday cheese board. 15 expert-level tips
Cheese makes Lydia Clarke cry. The co-founder of DTLA Cheese Superette is cutting into a French-style goat cheese called Shabby Shoe, and tears well in her eyes as soon as she starts talking about its creamline (the extra gooey layer…
5 best Champagnes to try for New Year’s Eve
Terrific sparkling wine is produced across the globe, especially right here in California. But it wouldn’t be a stretch to say that we are in the midst of a golden era for Champagne. A movement that began a few decades…
A taste of Malaysia from a rising-star chef in Historic Filipinotown
Sambals oscillate between sweet, salty, tart and funky. The rendang, rich and fatty, is made with Wagyu beef cheek. Satay, or grilled meat skewers, arrive with a blend of grated pineapple and peanut sauce. At Rasarumah, which translates to “flavor…
Move over, Champagne. California sparkling wine is better than ever
In 2012, Dan Person joined Schramsberg Winery, the esteemed sparkling-wine house in the Napa Valley, with the desire to learn about bubbles — not just to learn but to be part of the whole bubbles zeitgeist. “Like everyone else,” he…
10 best California sparkling wines to try right now
It’s nearly the New Year and our wine fixations inevitably turn effervescent. Traditionally, that would mean Champagne, the world’s sparkling wine par excellence, synonymous with celebration, luxury, extravagance, etc. Champagne, both the wine and the region, has had few rivals…
The Caesar Salad That Came to Christmas
This Caesar salad recipe is a family heirloom, passed down from father (who worked at the Hotel Caesar in Tijuana, where the salad was born) to daughter.
Romaine, where has all your flavor gone? Time to try another lettuce
Twenty years ago, when I first returned to my native California from New York City, I tapped out a letter to the Food editor of this newspaper instructing her in no uncertain terms what exactly was what when it came…
Here’s how to make Christina Tosi’s Cinnamon Buns with Brown Sugar Goo
If you know anything about me, you know I bake cinnamon buns twice a year: the morning of Thanksgiving and the morning of Christmas. I grew up taking in the marvelous smell that is a warm cinnamon bun only at…
Opinion: This Christmas Eve tradition keeps me connected to my mother
More than 70 years ago, my French Canadian mother made a road trip from Montreal to Fresno to work as a registered nurse. She didn’t know anything about Central California. She had never heard of Armenia or its people. But…
What meets FDA’s new definition of a “healthy” food?
In an effort to improve American diets, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Thursday released a new definition of what it means for a food to qualify as “healthy.” Products like fruit-flavored yogurt, fortified white bread and sweetened energy bars…
Meat is central to my cultural heritage. Here’s how I gave it up
My earliest memories of food are of family barbecues. My late father grew up on a cattle ranch in Uruguay, where there are three times as many cows as people. It’s one of the world’s top consumers of beef per…
Why does it get harder to drink alcohol as we age?
This summer an old high school friend of mine decided to quit drinking entirely. She didn’t want to, but she felt she had no choice. “All of a sudden my body decided that alcohol is poison,” she told me recently…
Opinion: Weight-loss drugs are great, but real food still matters
Groundbreaking weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have understandably generated a lot of excitement, bringing hope to the hundreds of millions of people grappling with obesity. When combined with a healthier diet and exercise, these drugs, which suppress appetite, deliver…
Chocolate Gelt Babka With Hazelnut Amaretti Filling and Chocolate Espresso Glaze Recipe
Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Once risen, bake the babka until deeply burnished, 40 to 45 minutes. When you tap on the surface of the loaf, it should sound hollow. Remove from the pan and set aside. Meanwhile, make…
Black and White Babka Recipe
Make the glaze: Sift the powdered sugar into a medium bowl. Add the malted milk powder, lemon juice, milk, corn syrup, vanilla paste and salt. Whisk until smooth. The glaze should be thick enough to coat the back of a…
Chocolate-Cherry Babka With Black Sesame and Cocoa Crumble Recipe
Turn the dough lengthwise so that one end of the log is toward you. Using a sharp knife, cut about an inch off either end to reveal your swirl of filling. Then cut the log vertically down the center. (Catherine…
The best chocolate babka recipes to make for Hanukkah season
I love that babka translates to “little grandma” in Yiddish, because the sweet braided bread — with swirls of filling reminiscent of Bubbe’s pleated skirt — is always as comforting as one. My grandmother didn’t teach me to fill and…
Dozens of people get sick after L.A. Times 101 Best Restaurants event
Health officials are investigating a possible norovirus outbreak after dozens of people became sick after eating raw oysters at the L.A. Times 101 Best Restaurants event. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed that more than 80 people…
The only Christmas gift my dad ever gave me was how to make a Caesar salad
When I was 24, standing in the kitchen of the house where I grew up in San Diego, I got the only Christmas present my dad would ever give me. It reflected his very essence, and I carry it with…
4 tips for feeling festive without drinking during the holidays
I covered my empty wine glass as the Italian waitress made her rounds, a bottle of Chianti in hand. “I’m not drinking right now,” I said, even though I was on my honeymoon in Tuscany. Earlier this year, I decided…
Column: Citrus in December is a SoCal tradition. Enjoy it while you can
Every December in Southern California, the days get shorter yet brighter — and it’s not Christmas lights or the shifting sun that make the region shine. I’m talking about citrus. Trees heavy with fruits that ripen through the color spectrum…
Trump’s no-tax-on-tips promise may not benefit many workers
On a good night, Chris Lopez, a bartender and server in Southern California for eight years, can make $200 to $400 in tips. So when the 31-year-old, who lives in Orange, first heard the news about President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign…
Kismet’s Pickley Cheesy Greens Recipe
Kismet chefs Sarah Hymanson and Sara Kramer riff on a steakhouse side of creamed-spinach-meets-spinach-dip. The two whip up a lavish dip packed with cheese, greens and pickles, which add tang to cut through the indulgent creaminess. “Serve it as a…
How do Chick-fil-A chicken tenders stack up against KFC?
Is it a chicken tender, finger or strip? Whatever you call your breaded and fried belts of boneless chicken, there are entire restaurants devoted to them. Once relegated to the kid’s menu, chicken tenders are behind some of the most…
Acclaimed L.A. restaurant returned in new space with high ambitions
For two brief years in-the-know L.A. diners gathered around a small U-shaped counter hidden within Jose Andres’ now-closed restaurant the Bazaar to witness chef Aitor Zabala craft whimsical, avant-garde creations at Somni, one of the country’s most notable fine dining…
Outdoor dining gets last-minute extension for 2025 in L.A.
A pandemic-era outdoor dining program credited with helping Los Angeles restaurants survive at a time when so many have shuttered or are struggling was set to expire at the end of the year, possibly leaving hundreds of restaurateurs in limbo….
Make Crudo e Nudo’s Shrimp Stock for sauces, tuna toast and more
Crudo e Nudo chef Brian Bornemann makes an aromatic shrimp stock to bolster the seafood flavor of pasta sauces, soups and more. But home cooks can also make this flavorful, shrimpy stock; simply remove and freeze shrimp shells when cooking…
Crudo e Nudo’s Tuna Tartare Toast Recipe
For tuna tartare, Crudo E Nudo chef-owner Brian Bornemann utilizes shrimp stock, onion confit and white soy sauce, which give it rich umami flavor. You can make the stock and confit in advance. The tartare tops slices of toasted country…
Calabama, L.A. breakfast sandwiches once lowered by bucket, get a Hollywood restaurant
For three years Cara Haltiwanger lowered foil-wrapped breakfast sandwiches down to customers from her apartment window, carefully distributing them to customers via red plastic bucket. Faced with moving out of her East Hollywood “bucket drop” apartment and growing the business…
The best condiment for your holiday dinner table
The condiment shelf in my refrigerator is a chaotic place. I am no Marie Kondo, but I could argue that each jar, squeeze bottle and tube sparks real joy. My bottle of Kewpie shares real estate with a 64-ounce jar…
Death & Co. Vintage Eggnog Recipe
One of the bestselling seasonal drinks to ever hit the menu of world-famous cocktail bar Death & Co., the Vintage Eggnog made its debut around the holiday season in 2015 — and each year, the staff makes thousands of servings….
Sunday Funday in Los Angeles with chef and cook book author Molly Baz
Molly Baz ended up in Los Angeles by chance. In March 2020, she was vacationing in L.A. with her family when government officials issued a stay-at-home order due to COVID. She didn’t feel comfortable going back to her crowded apartment…
The definitive guide to the best restaurants in Los Angeles
For 12 years, The Times has released an annual guide to the 101 most remarkable restaurants in Los Angeles. The ranked list provides a snapshot of the the most vital places in our city’s dining scene, from newcomers to stalwarts…
Review: Vespertine returns after four years. Is 2.0 worth the splurge?
No restaurant in the history of Los Angeles has been dissected, derided and defended like Vespertine, the modernistic experiment housed in the four-story Culver City building called “Waffle” by its architect, Eric Owen Moss. From the outset in 2017, chef…
How the FDA allows secret ingredients into our food supply
It’s a U.S. Food and Drug Administration rule that most Americans know little about, yet gives corporations the license to add potentially harmful ingredients to foods without regulatory oversight or public notice. For decades, the FDA’s “generally recognized as safe,”…
All raw milk from California farm to be pulled due to bird flu
After two limited recalls, all raw milk and cream from a Fresno-based dairy farm must be removed from store shelves. The cows at Raw Farm are infected with H5N1 bird flu, state officials say. The recall, which is voluntary, encompasses…
Every 101 Best L.A. Restaurants list since they began in 2013
Dec. 3, 2024 9:24 PM PT For decades, this paper has entrusted its restaurant critics with the job of deciding the city’s best restaurants. In the 1990s, critic Ruth Reichl, followed by S. Irene Virbila, put together Top 40 Restaurants,…
Neighborhood institution the Rose in Venice to close after 45 years
This month a local landmark is expected to close in Venice: The Rose, né the Rose Café, lived a few culinary lives during its 45-year run. It opened as a charming cafe boasting neighborhood art nights, and it’s closing as…
The best cookbooks of 2024
The year 2024 had us hugging our cookbooks. They brought us solace, nostalgia, inspiration, delight, reclamation, beauty and deliciousness when much of the rest of the world seemed to induce fear and uncertainty. Our list of favorites for 2024 includes…
Turkey Hash Recipe – Los Angeles Times
Gradually pour your slurry into the pot, stirring to incorporate. Cook, uncovered, for 5 to 10 minutes, stirring a few times, until the potatoes are tender, the onion is crisp-tender and the hash is nicely thickened and bubbling. Taste and…
Kiano Moju’s Pumpkin Chapati Recipe
Chapati is a staple flatbread in Kenya, where you’ll often see it made with mashed vegetables such as pumpkin or squash. It’s one of the first dishes that Kiano Moju learned to make as a toddler, and it’s featured throughout…
One billion pounds of food is wasted annually. That contributes directly to climate change.
Mexico City — Each day, an army of trucks delivers tens of thousands of pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables to Mexico City’s Central de Abasto, one of the world’s largest wholesale food markets. Most of the produce finds its way…
Opinion: An ancient, Indigenous, legendary bean to give thanks for
Thanksgiving, our national harvest celebration, is a good day to remember our collective food history, and an even better one to taste it. Teparies are native to the Sonoran Desert in the Southwest U.S. and Mexico, where they were first…
California farmers were big Trump backers. They may be on collision course over immigrant deportation
SAN JACINTO, Calif. — A paradox has settled across California’s velvet green fields and orchards. California farmers, who are some of the most ardent supporters of Donald Trump, would seem to be on a collision course with one of the…
Where to find the best Hainanese chicken rice in the SGV
Who makes the best Hainanese chicken rice? It depends on who you ask. The poached chicken and rice dish was invented on Hainan island, China’s southernmost province, but it appears on menus all over Southeast Asia. In Singapore, it’s the…
John Cleveland’s Holiday Cookies Recipe
For John Cleveland, who with wife Roni Cleveland runs Post & Beam, a California-soul restaurant in the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, the Thanksgiving season begins when he makes the first batch of mincemeat cookies. Based on a recipe that his…
Black plastic utensils may have toxic compounds. What you should do
Go to your kitchen, grab your black spatula and throw it in the trash. Immediately. That’s the alarming message from a new study published in the journal Chemosphere. Cooking with any plastic utensil has long been seen as worrisome because…
L.A.’s wildest taco pop-up opens its debut restaurant in El Sereno
The walls are painted black and decorated with Slayer posters and live concert photos, while a set of faux human skulls hangs over the grill and a five-seat counter. The trompo-cooked meats are rich with black marinades, the fountain on…
A jazz club hidden in Beverly Hills Italian restaurant Cipriani
Enter Cipriani through the main entrance but head straight for the staircase toward the back of the dining room. Walk past the guests tucking into pastas and truffle-laced risotto, and up the staircase with the lacquered-wood walls, a signature design…
You-Choose Classic Apple Crisp, Spiced Crumble, Snickerdoodle Cobbler or Nutty Gluten-Free Crisp Recipe
Crisp, cobbler or crumble? Choose your own topping adventure — just make sure your base is apple. The Classic Crisp Topping recipe below has all the delicious flavor of an oatmeal cookie, and even more texture. It’s a variation of…
Apple crisp: Easier than apple pie and more American in spirit
When I was 16 and got my driver’s license, I’d often pile friends into my silver VW bug for Sunday road trips. Our destination: Julian, to sit in a pine-paneled diner and eat apple pie. Julian, a historic gold mining…
Purtill Family Nocino Negroni Recipe
When my brother and I decided to re-create our family’s century old recipe for nocino, an Italian walnut liqueur, we found ourselves with a pleasant problem: what to do with roughly four gallons of a fragrant amaro with a rich,…
Fire burned a quarter of Ventura’s avocados. Can this farmer rebuild?
SOMIS, Calif. — Thousands of Hass avocados littered the soil in Sergio Acevedo’s orchard Saturday in this community northeast of Camarillo. The Mountain Fire had scorched some of the fruit, leaving it shriveled or in ashes. But the ferocious winds that…
Re-creating a family tradition one walnut at a time
Fifty years ago my great-grandfather Carlo Portolan hauled down from the roof of his Lincoln Heights home a glass jug full of fragrant black booze, warm from 40 days in the sun. He decanted it into smaller bottles, affixed to…
E. coli scare: Carrots from Bakersfield farm sicken dozens across U.S.
One Los Angeles County senior has died amid a national recall on carrots found to be contaminated with E. coli. Two additional local cases are under investigation, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Across the U.S.,…
Silver Lake’s All Day Baby to close Dec. 15
In a year marred by tragedy and continuing financial difficulties, one of L.A.’s most creative neighborhood restaurants is closing. All Day Baby, the innovative dinette-leaning restaurant inspired by Southern cuisine, Mexican flavor and more, will close on Dec. 15 after…
New breakfast and lunch restaurant opens in the Arts District
A restaurant can look and feel like an entirely new space bathed in the warm glow of sunlight. The energy shifts when you flood a once-dim dining room with pastries and caffeinated people. Margarita and Walter Manzke have managed to…
Kiano Moju’s Swahili Lamb Biriyani Recipe
Heat ¼ cup of the reserved shallot oil in a wide braising dish or Dutch oven over medium heat. When the oil is shimmering, add the tomato paste and cook, stirring frequently, until darkened, 2 to 3 minutes. Add half…
Higher wine prices on the horizon? Wine retailers brace for tariffs
Tariffs are on the horizon for many imported products when President-elect Donald Trump takes office. They’re likely to include wine and spirits, products that are staples of restaurant and retail industries and in many cases are vital to their revenue…
Nia Lee’s ‘Pay It No Mind’ Carrot Cake Recipe
This carrot cake recipe was shared with culinary artist Nia Lee by her mother, who originally took it from Patti LaBelle’s “LaBelle Cuisine: Recipes to Sing About” cookbook. Over the years, Lee, who uses food as a tool for building…
Rashida Holmes’ Macaroni And Cheese Pie Recipe
A few key components differentiate the macaroni and cheese pie that chef Rashida Holmes serves at Bridgetown Roti, the vibrant Caribbean restaurant in East Hollywood that she owns with her mother, Joy Clarke-Holmes, and business partner Malique Smith, from the…
These two L.A. farmers markets are in danger of closing
On a Friday afternoon in late October at the Echo Park Farmers Market, activity among multiple vendors in the sparsely populated parking lot just off of Sunset Boulevard is feeling a bit slow. Fall is usually slow, several vendors said,…
Five Thanksgiving recipes to celebrate Black culinary traditions
Golden sunlight that cascades through open windows. A hot oven and the friction of bodies moving in the kitchen. The earthy-sweet aroma of curry, cinnamon and cloves in the air. When I think of Black holiday gatherings, I recall warmth…
Kiano Moju’s Sukuma Wiki Recipe
In Swahili, sukuma means “to push” and wiki “the week,” as in the day of the week. The name of this dish is a commentary on how cheap it is to prepare — cheap enough to push you through the…
Five recipes to celebrate Black Thanksgiving traditions
The flavors of the African Diaspora are wide-ranging, touching every corner of the globe. This Thanksgiving, we were welcomed into the homes and one restaurant of four Black chefs in Los Angeles, who introduced us to their families and friends…
Brussels sprouts with bacon, mint, pistachio, fish sauce and pickled-pepper caramel Recipe
Crunchy-soft, warm-chilled, sweet-spicy, this is a salad that has it all. Matty Matheson’s throwback to the Brussels sprouts dishes of the 2010s — ubiquitous in just about every gastropub of that era — gets an upgrade with a chile-packed fish…
Broiled and Burnt Roasted Tomato Soup With Grilled Cheese Crostini Recipe
Few things scream comfort more than grilled cheese and tomato soup, and chef-author and “The Bear” star Matty Matheson knows this. It’s why in his cookbook “Soups, Salads, Sandwiches” he’s serving up a dose of both, combined. This recipe, slightly…
Where to find Dubai chocolate bars, falafel and more Middle Eastern food in Little Arabia Anaheim.
We’re lucky to live in a place with dozens of cultural hubs. There’s Cambodia Town in Long Beach, Little Ethiopia on Fairfax Avenue or Little Saigon in Westminster. Part of what makes Southern California great is the establishment of deep-rooted…
Fried-Spam Kimchi Grilled Cheese Sandwich Recipe
A tangy, porky spin on a classic, Matty Matheson’s grilled cheese is stacked with thick, hearty slices of Spam and a heap of tangy kimchi in a recipe from his cookbook “Soups, Salads, Sandwiches.” When using a half can of…
TGI Fridays files for bankruptcy protection, joining struggling peers
The American casual restaurant chain TGI Fridays filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Saturday, citing a flawed capital structure and joining a host of its peers that have struggled this year in the face of rising everyday prices and…
Helms Bakery is now open in Culver City
I’ve driven by the Helms Bakery complex in Culver City hundreds of times. The sign boasting the official bread of the 1932 Olympics still stands tall over the building. But for the first time since the bakery shut its doors…
The ultimate holiday gift guide you need in Los Angeles
Credits Creative Director: Amy KingFeatures Editor: Brittany Levine BeckmanLead Gift Guide editor: Marques HarperProject editors: Jen Doll, Philip Gray (books), Betty Hallock (food), Michelle WooWriters: Lisa Boone, Stephanie Breijo, Kailyn Brown, Cindy Carcamo, Jaclyn Cosgrove, Danielle Dorsey, Betty Hallock, Jenn…
Robots can make your French fries. Is this the future of fast food?
Miso Robotics’ lab in downtown Pasadena is filled with robots of the past and present. There’s Sippy, Chippy and Drippy. The star of the lab: an updated robot named Flippy that can fry French fries and chicken nuggets much faster…
Day of the Dead is truly a holiday for food lovers
For me it’s when the sun starts setting lower. Once the sun starts merging closer to the southern horizon, I finally get that cozy fall feeling. I know that my favorite harvests are underway as shadows grow longer and a…
Celebrity chef Michael Mina launches new restaurant in Santa Monica
Orla At Michael Mina’s newest restaurant the meal begins with a wooden box, wherein nine spices provide a hint of what’s to come: At Orla, the celebrity chef’s interpretation of his Egyptian heritage weaves these and other aromatics into kebab…
I should be able to treat obesity the same way in East L.A. and Beverly Hills
As a diabetes specialist, I’ve treated thousands of patients, some in Beverly Hills and some in East Los Angeles. My Beverly Hills patients live to become healthy 80- and 90-year-olds. I can’t remember when my last patient from this community…
Why Los Angeles will always be a better place to eat than New York
It’s taken our beloved Dodgers reaching the World Series against the Yankees today for me to finally write these words: When it comes to old rivalries in America, Los Angeles has always been the better food city than New York….
New York cardinal wagers L.A. archbishop over World Series
The New York versus Los Angeles, Yankees against Dodgers, Judge versus Ohtani rivalry baked in a new element Friday. Hours before the opening pitch of the World Series, L.A. Archbishop José H. Gomez and New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan —…
The restaurant lover’s guide to picking a president
We judge presidential candidates on so many extraneous criteria: the style and color of their clothes, their hair, their height; whether they laugh or smile or scowl. The legendary food writer M.F.K. Fisher wrote, “First we eat. Then we do…
A wave of listeria recalls shows food safety will ‘never be perfect’
Deli meats, grab-and-go salads and frozen meals are staples of the modern American diet — convenient and inexpensive options that shoppers readily toss into their carts during grocery runs. But after hundreds of those products were flagged in major listeria-related…
New Haven-style Ozzy’s Apizza debuts in North Hollywood with clam pies
The dough is barely blistered, the bubbles just-singed. The pizzas crunch with each bite, especially the chewy-interiored crust. There’s pop-punk blaring out of the speakers, there’s clam on the pizzas, and there may or may not be cheese, which can…
Gusto Bread’s Pan de Muerto Recipe
Gusto Bread makes pan de muerto every year in the weeks leading up to Día de Muertos on Nov. 1 and 2. This version incorporates both a yeast sponge (a mixture of flour, yeast and milk) and sourdough starter; if…
A step-by-step guide to making pan de muerto the Gusto Bread way
On an early fall morning, Gusto Bread owner-baker Arturo Enciso ties on his yellow apron, puts Coltrane on the record player and makes himself an espresso. The October fog that rolls through the 4th Street corridor of Long Beach says…
Latest listeria recall affects Trader Joe’s and other retailers
Meat producer BrucePac is recalling nearly 12 million pounds of meat and poultry products sold at Trader Joe’s, Target, Walmart, Costco, Kroger and other companies because they might be contaminated with listeria. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and…
Bamboo Club’s Fall of Romulus Cocktail Recipe
When it came time to develop a menu of creepy cocktails for Bamboo Club’s monthlong Halloween pop-up, the Tremble Club, beverage director and longtime horror fan Dustin Rodriguez knew just what to do. The Long Beach tiki bar — one…
Capirotada Tropical (Bread Pudding With Guava and Apricots) Recipe
One of the great things about capirotada are all the variations. Some start with fried bolillos, while some are made with raisins and topped with salty cotija cheese. In Jalisco, you find a style of this Mexican bread pudding served…
Are baby food pouches healthy? Here’s what experts say
Every week, Caitlin Scuttio stops by Target and piles her cart with pureed food pouches for her 4-year-old and twin 18-month-old sons. In goes a 24-pack of unsweetened applesauce. Then a 24-pack of the fruit and veggie blend. And finally,…
Inside the Korean American flavors of new L.A. bakery Modu
She expected to see some fans from her pop-up days, but what Jiyoon Jang didn’t foresee were lines out the door, countless new faces and selling out every single day. After years of popping up with black sesame mochi bars,…
Mixiotes de Pollo (Parchment-Wrapped Chicken)
An easy chicken recipe for Día de Muertos: These parcels of chile-marinated chicken are wrapped in string-tied parchment bundles and steamed with sliced fall squash, for serving with tortillas, cabbage and wedges of lime.
What to make for Día de Muertos? Mixiotes is a dish wrapped like a gift
I started cooking for Día de Muertos after my grandfather Heriberto González Sánchez died in 2011. I made my first pan de muerto bread leavened with pulque, the pre-Hispanic beverage made from the fermented sap known as aguamiel, extracted from…
A step-by-step guide to making a Día de Muertos altar
It wasn’t until I moved to Los Angeles and saw people from all over Mexico honoring their dead that I built my first Día de Muertos altar 13 years ago. Now, it is an annual rite I practice every Nov….
Trump? Harris? For New Mexico farmers, survival is more pressing
ALONG INTERSTATE 25, N.M. — In New Mexico, nothing is a straight line. Roads curve when they’re not undulating. Agricultural communities pop up like emeralds in a landscape of brown. Brilliant blue skies worthy of an Instagram filter open up in…
This cafe inspired Taco Bell. Its owners want to put politics aside
I left Las Vegas for home on a Tuesday morning, tired and optimistic after nearly a week on the road. I took so many notes talking to Latinos about their hopes and fears in this election year that I filled…
Navigating a world-record corn maze tests the human psyche
DIXON, Calif. — Deep inside one of the world’s largest corn mazes, where the tri-tip sandwiches and soft-serve ice cream purchased at the concession stand have become but a memory and all that can be seen in any direction are dirt…
Gjusta and Gjelina chef-founder returns to Venice with RVR, a modern izakaya
Travis Lett, the chef who founded some of the city’s most defining restaurants, left his Gjusta and Gjelina restaurant group in 2019. This month, he returned to the restaurant world with a new venture: RVR (pronounced “river”), a Japan-meets-California izakaya….
Moroccan Chickpea Tagine Recipe – Los Angeles Times
A tagine is a dish and also a clay cooking vessel. As a vessel, it has a tall, cone-shaped or domed lid that very cleverly recirculates moisture. You can easily make one with a shallow skillet and lid, but an…
Curtis Stone’s Tomato Sauce (Ketchup) Recipe
Add the brown sugar and continue cooking, stirring often, for 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes, vinegar, soy sauce, mustard, salt, chipotle powder, allspice and cloves and stir well to combine. Cover the pot. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer,…
McDonald’s puts Beyond Meat’s plant-based McNuggets on French menu
McDonald’s is putting Beyond Meat’s plant-based chicken McNuggets on its French menu, marking an expansion of the El Segundo company’s European business. The Veggie McPlant Nuggets, made from wheat and pea proteins, will be served at all of McDonald’s 1,560…
Highland Park’s new hot spot has no social media presence. Here’s why
Sam’s Place Dimly lighted and mysterious, the new Highland Park hot spot Sam’s Place from Hermosillo wine bar vets Scotty Cantino and Ben Jones has no social media, no website and no phone number. “We’re not trying to make it…
‘Sideways’ movie turns 20 this weekend. Are you ordering Merlot?
When director Alexander Payne set out to create the 2004 film “Sideways,” based on the then-unpublished novel by Rex Pickett about two friends’ wine-fueled visit to the Santa Ynez Valley, his intention was just to make a funny film. “I…
Why a Michelin-starred chef closed her restaurants for art
It’s been over a year since Minh Phan closed her Los Angeles restaurants, but the refrigerator at her former Porridge + Puffs dining room in Historic Filipinotown is full. The shelves are crowded with tall deli containers filled with aqua…