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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

How to make Bricia Lopez and T.J. Steele’s carrot and jalapeño escabeche....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

• 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Food editor Daniel Hernandez at the Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen proposes subtraction for making guacamole at home: Remove two ingredients considered holy to its base — tomato and onion — and you’re on...

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...

How to make Alyse Whitney’s Spicy California Roll Guacamole dip for the Super Bowl or your next party or dinner....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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....

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...

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....

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...

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....

“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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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....

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,...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

SOMIS  —  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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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....

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.”...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

Stir together breadcrumbs, oregano, black pepper, porcini powder, salt and paprika in a large bowl until combined. Add garlic, green onion, tarragon and parsley and stir to combine. Using your hands, gently mix chicken,...

1 tablespoon olive oil 1 ½ cups diced yellow onion (about 1 medium onion) 1 garlic clove, minced 2 tablespoons heavy cream, plus more for brushing 3 tablespoons dried oregano 1 tablespoon finely chopped...

Akira Hirose, a chef who bridged Japanese and French cuisine for decades across some of L.A.’s most influential restaurants, has died at 70. The legacy of the former Azay and Maison Akira owner, who...

Hollywood’s upper-class elites have found a new way to show that they’re out of touch. And I fell for it. Chain, a recent darling of social media and beneficiary of articles that speak of...

Put 3 tablespoons of the oil into a large sauté pan (for which you have a lid) — about 10 ¼ inches/26cm wide — and place on medium heat. Add the mustard seeds and...

In late September a light-purple square of an Instagram post caught the attention of fans of fine dining all over the world: Chefs Daniel Patterson and Keith Corbin said they would open a new...

As California struggles to contain an increasing number of H5N1 bird flu outbreaks at Central Valley dairy farms, veterinary experts and industry observers are voicing concern that the number of cattle deaths is far...

Every weekday morning, drivers arrive at the Little Tokyo Towers at 10 a.m. carrying precious cargo: seniors’ meals individually wrapped in tinfoil. Not too salty, not too sweet, each bento box is carefully portioned...

The walls are coated in memorabilia: ticket stubs, childhood photos at the baseball stadium, trading cards, the framed sheet music to Randy Newman’s “I Love L.A.” For La Sorted’s first sit-down pizzeria, owner Tommy...

Adam Johnson became a soccer fan by accident. During a visit with family in London, Johnson’s brother-in-law handed him a Tottenham jacket. And when he put his hand in one of the pockets, he...