Category: Home Kitchen

Deau Arpapornnopparat, chef-owner of Holy Basil Thai restaurants, makes his favorite snack: a salad of instant ramen-style noodles, ground pork…

Chef Will Coleman combines two of his favorite dishes — a breakfast sandwich and cacio e pepe — for this…

Ari Kolender knows oysters. His two seafood restaurants — Found Oyster in East Hollywood and Queen’s Raw Bar & Grill…

Put the corn cobs in a soup pot and any of the optional additions in a stockpot and add 3…

There are countless reasons to dine and drink in the Valley. After canvassing the region for months, the Food team…

Shira Yevin was on her way to grab lunch from the Studio City Trader Joe’s, when she caught sight of…

The Southern California grocery brand that has become synonymous with luxury and wellness is taking its first steps into New…

Cook the black-eyed peas: Strain the beans, discarding the soaking water, and put them in a large pot. Add enough…

Guinness bread was the beginning of Café Cecilia. In a strange way, without it there wouldn’t be a café and…

In Max Rocha’s London restaurant, Café Cecilia, he blends the concept of fish stew with the ubiquity of smothered toast,…

Against all odds, Tyler Wells’ Altadena restaurant remains standing. Like roughly 10,000 homes and structures in the area, many of…

A young man wearing a bucket hat and a denim tuxedo monogrammed with the letters LV across every inch of…

2 tablespoons olive oil 1 medium yellow onion, diced 4 garlic cloves, minced 2 ½ tablespoons chili powder 2 teaspoons…

A new coffee giant could be brewing. The American beverage firm Keurig Dr. Pepper plans to buy JDE Peet’s, the…

A suero is a “water cocktail,” consisting of lime juice, ice and sparkling mineral water, all served in a tall…

Casey Elsass shares a recipe from his cookbook “What Can I Bring?” It’s bright, tangy and the perfect addition to…

In his new cookbook “What Can I Bring?” Casey Elsass shares a recipe for fried halloumi caprese. Here’s Elsass on…

The food scene in the Valley is massive — spread out across 260 square miles and sustaining roughly half the…

“I’ll have what she’s having.” A memorable punch line, but not much of a menu strategy — unless you believe…

When I want to feel closer to my late grandmother — and to my great-aunt, aunts and cousins — I…

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Series Vanessa Anderson is the Grocery Goblin, on a mission to explore neighborhood grocery stores throughout Southern California.…

This simple starter of fried plantains quickly became the star of Adrian Forte’s menu at Sam Jordan’s modern Caribbean restaurant…

On June 30 Justin Pichetrungsi posted news on his restaurant’s Instagram account that drew thousands of responses in shock, dismay…

Everyone has a Valley standby, a place they go when they want to feel at home, with little fuss, a…

Aug. 18, 2025 3 AM PT “Hey, 1.8 million people can’t be wrong, right?” This is how Evan Lovett, the…

HelloFresh agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a consumer protection lawsuit brought by Santa Clara County. The lawsuit, filed…

On a recent Sunday afternoon, Tetsuya Nakao — the affable, upbeat 62-year-old Asanebo sushi chef with slicked silver hair —…

Casey Elsass grew up in New England and frequented a farm in rural New Hampshire for hayrides and what he…

Dan Tana, the restaurateur whose eponymous Santa Monica Boulevard eatery has for decades been a Hollywood hotspot — one with…

If you can’t find Jeff Strauss in his Highland Park deli, Jeff’s Table, or inside his Studio City bar-restaurant, Oy…

Tokyo Fried Chicken has closed its doors in downtown. And a buzzy Mexican rooftop lounge along with a legacy L.A.…

Yue Wa is one of the last remaining markets in Chinatown, a place where the neighborhood’s most vulnerable residents could…

Make a charred-tomatillo salsa the way Michelle and Andrew Muñoz of Moo’s Craft BBQ do.

Evan Funke’s eponymous Beverly Hills restaurant, where delicate handmade pastas are rolled out and shaped in front of guests, is…

Uncle Ollie’s Penthouse, the new maximalist downtown L.A. bar that opened in April between Little Tokyo and Skid Row (a…

A vibrant social scene has burgeoned on Saturday nights along Route 66 in Glendora — a sleepy suburb in the…

Figuring out what should go into your curbside waste bins is hardly straightforward. Consider your single-use coffee cup — the…

If you were dining out in Venice late last decade, you knew this place — in the thick of Abbot…

Mid East Eats — a popular falafel pop-up turned private dinner service — is now open as a fast-casual destination…

It has been a brutal stretch for L.A. restaurants. Since 2023, hundreds of notable spots have shuttered amid escalating costs…

Not since Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis introduced Angelenos to the lamb neck shawarma at Bavel, have I heard this…

In the late 1990s, Paula Deen was an independent restaurateur whose family-operated restaurant had just received a glowing review from…

Turning the corner on 6th and Main Streets, an hours-long line of potential customers has been waiting to get a…

William “Bill” Elwell, the humorous and occasionally ornery owner of a legendary burger shack in the San Fernando Valley, has…

Carlos Salgado wowed the world of Mexican food the moment he opened Taco María in 2013. His marriage of high-end…

Chef Sang Yoon opened an all-day bakery cafe in the historic Helms Bakery complex in Culver City. Yoon’s Helms Bakery…

My most vivid food memories involve overcooked spaghetti in a wooden bowl, and my grandmother Phyllis. For decades, my grandmother’s…

Beef ribs, says Andrew Muñoz, co-founder with wife Michelle Muñoz of Moo’s Craft Barbecue, are a Saturday special at their…

Cut the noodles and assemble: When the mung bean jelly mixture is set, remove it from its container by placing…

Here is the challenge we set out for the chefs of some of our favorite restaurants: Come up with a…

My dog Rufus’ wellness journey started with what I now consider an oxymoron: healthy kibble. Just weeks after I adopted…

A Silver Lake poke destination is back after five years away. Ohana Superette, the casual, daytime-only poke shop from husband-and-wife…

Warning: Your dog will not live forever. To try to maximize their health and happiness while you are fortunate to…

Beloved Food Network star Anne Burrell died by suicide, according to the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner.…

When I rescued Tatty Jane from the Pasadena Humane Society, she was a super skinny, long-legged little thing with the…

Add the toasted sesame seeds to a blender. Blend on high until blended into a powder, about 30 seconds, stopping…

Was it a restaurant opening or a car show? On Monday, Cybertrucks and Teslas filed into the parking lot and…

The Cortez family piled out of their car and stretched their legs. Finally, after an hour and a half drive…

For more than 75 years, In-N-Out Burger has been a pillar of California fast-food culture, its Double-Doubles and palm tree…

This recipe is my version of a stew or caldo from my dad’s home state of Durango, Mexico. My dad…

This is probably my mom’s favorite dish, and it was our favorite dish for her to make when my brother,…

The primary draw at Tun Lahmajo, a restaurant in Burbank lined with grainy woods to resemble a summer cabin, is…

Josh Kim and Sam Hong had successful careers in tech — but in 2022, they decided to start making burgers,…

At Cento Raw Bar in West Adams, chef Avner Levi created an immersive restaurant that feels like being inside a…

It started in an East Hollywood parking lot: one small fryer, no permits, a few heat lamps and a tent…

Renowned for its elegant izakaya-style dishes and tasting menu served counterside, Shibumi earned its first Michelin star in 2019. Now,…

The average wedding registry is filled with blenders, dishware and sets of fancy glasses and knives. Bride-to-be Liv Dansky didn’t…

I will never understand the allure of the fat French fry. Steak fries are contemptible. Wedges of bland starch with…

On a Friday morning, Maria Sanchez stands next to a construction site. Steel beams are being hoisted into the dusty…

When the oil is ready, add the cauliflower and cook, turning the florets as needed to color evenly and adjusting…

Melody, the Virgil Village bungalow that constantly thrummed with diners who settled into its open-air living room and patio to…

Susanna MacManus was teaching Spanish at Occidental College in 1997 when the family business came calling. She had grown up…

My 2 Cents, a soul food bistro that anchors a section of West Pico Boulevard that’s home to multiple Black-owned…

From afar, it looks unassuming: rows of multicolored tents bustling with customers. But up close, it’s a cherished yet common…

Cole’s French Dip, the oldest restaurant and saloon in Los Angeles, is slated to close its doors on August 3.…

Perched along the Pacific Coast Highway with an oceanfront view, Gladstones Malibu has long served as a pit stop for…

There is always more to discover in California. When restaurant critic Bill Addison took on the challenge of writing a…

I love pickles. Dill pickles, kosher dill pickles, cornichons, full-sour pickles, half-sour pickles, quarter-sour pickles, quick pickles, gherkins, German senfgurken.…

Noma’s René Redzepi and his international team of chefs, servers, foragers, fermentation geeks, programmers and more are coming to Los…

More than 115 million people watched a video of French pastry chef Cédric Grolet make fruit pies that resemble giant…

A popular and groundbreaking wine bar from two of L.A.’s most celebrated restaurateurs is set to close this summer. On…

Make the filling: Combine the sugar with 2 tablespoons water in a medium saucepan (preferably with a light-colored bottom so…

At one of the city’s most anticipated new restaurants, diners feast on Wagyu-stuffed Jamaican patties and saltfish-and-fig croquettes while seated…

This mixed-berry slab pie is made using a baking sheet rather than a traditional pie pan. It’s like a giant…

Despite being an obsessive baker since I was a little kid, until I was 31 I had never baked a…

Wednesday night’s Michelin Guide announcement was a historic one for Los Angeles: For the first time in the guide’s history,…

This turkey sandwich is a bit spicy, pleasantly crunchy and bound together with a delicious cilantro variation of [my] roasted…

Late last week, before the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear targets, Shaheen Samadi sat inside the minimalist dining room of…

Last weekend, a trio of restaurateurs and a small army of volunteers took over the patio of Boyle Heights’ X’tiosu,…

Series Vanessa Anderson is the Grocery Goblin, on a mission to explore neighborhood grocery stores throughout Southern California. I cannot…

It sounded like the alarm for a severe weather warning. At 8:19 p.m. on Monday evening, my phone blared with…

Make the cookie dough: Chop the dark chocolate into irregular ¼-inch to ½-inch chunks and set aside. To the cooled…

“Hi, I’m chef Jude. I’ll be taking care of you this evening.” A young man in pristine chef whites greets…

As the crucial summer harvest season gets underway in California’s vast agricultural regions, farmers and their workers say they feel…

Evelin Gomez works at the juice bar inside a Vallarta Supermarket in Carson, a place where Mexican culture functions as…

On Monday evening some of the country’s most celebrated chefs, beverage professionals, restaurateurs and bakers filled Chicago’s Lyric Opera House…

The Mermaid hasn’t turned a profit since Saturday. The aquatic-themed Little Tokyo bar is typically open daily and a hub…

This effortless dessert brings the good vibes. Any dessert you set on fire is impressive. And its components remind me…

For me, it’s got to be Holbox, the best restaurant in the state of California as far as I’m concerned.…

Back in the 1980s, the norm-busting adman Jay Chiat liked to pose the question, “How big can we get before…

Most weekdays the foot traffic and the din of business are constant in Grand Central Market, a food hall and…

Los Angeles can feel like a microcosm of the whole world, particularly when it comes to dining. At some point,…

Francisco has been working as a taquero for over a year, but he’s never felt as worried as he does…

Prince changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol. Snoop Dogg went by Snoop Lion for a time, and briefly Snoopzilla.…

What was intended to be a rallying event for the USC Peace Garden turned into a day of quiet mourning…

When Cinthia Soriao, Edgar Hernandez and Sesarin Hernandez set up their aguas frescas stand with an extra gallon of milk…

I consumed six burgers in the last seven days. One was wrapped in yellow paper on a restaurant patio in…

Sun Nong Dan is a specialist in sullungtang, a gentle broth made by boiling beef bones for hours, even days,…

Luscious, fluffy and often garnished with cocoa powder or a few carefully placed coffee beans, the cream top has become…

A recipe for spaghetti al limone from chef Adam Leonti of Alba in Los Angeles features browned butter, lemon zest…

One of L.A.’s — and Korea’s — most popular Korean barbecue chains just returned to Koreatown after a year and…

One of L.A.’s most iconic Chinese American restaurants will close next month, ending nearly a half-century of Chinese chicken salads,…

“To do duck you have to be really disciplined, like cut out your social life,” says Chartchai Vongsanikul. “Period.” Vongsanikul,…

This is a basic b— “recipe” that I did not innovate by any means, but I wanted to include it…

As many of my close friends in Athens know, I have a borderline obsession with gigantes. My favorite taverna in…

VALLEY CENTER, Calif. — Norman Kachuck stood on a loamy ridge overlooking his inheritance. Avocado trees blanketed the hillsides of ACA Groves…

Guess who suddenly has a “TACO” allergy? President Yuge Taco Salad himself. In the annals of four-letter words and acronyms…

In their soul, everyone has a historic restaurant they miss dearly in Los Angeles. Some fell victim to the mounting…

One of L.A.’s most iconic sandwich shops closed last week after health inspectors cited a vermin infestation among other infractions,…

On a recent drizzly morning, Couplet Coffee owner Gefen Skolnick stepped into her rainbow-hued cafe at the edge of Echo…

When Tony Barragan worked at his family’s Echo Park Mexican restaurant in the 1970s, he regularly heard longtime customers tell…

Teahouses built for spending extended time in, open until the wee hours of the night, are popping up all over…

Are cookies and chips the new cigarettes? And soda, breakfast cereals and ice cream the new opioids? In his new…

If you want to find Curtis Stone, a winding, twisting drive through the Santa Monica Mountains should get you there.…

Variations: The Mei Wei Jia salt-baked chicken seasoning packets can be found at 99 Ranch market. A friend, Joe Zee,…

Picture-perfect and pink, Madonna Inn’s signature cocktail matches the famous San Luis Obispo hotel in every regard. The Pink Cloud…

After a three-day pause in operations due to a lack of permitting, a new barbecue venture from comedians Anthony Anderson…

The signage is pink, the rooms are pink, and the rose-patterned carpet is pink. But none are as quintessentially pink…

During the Gold Rush of the mid-1850s, Etienne Guittard, a French chocolatier, sailed to California like many others, hoping to…

At bistro Pasjoli, chef Dave Beran crammed a duck carcass into a gleaming, bell-shaped, medieval-looking contraption, and table-side dining in…

On Wednesday Michelin, the company behind the influential global dining guide, teased 13 new restaurants that will appear in the…

In Chinatown’s newest restaurant, mapo tofu inspires steak tartare, pillowy gnudi are made with tofu (not ricotta) and medallions of…

Langer’s Delicatessen may be the most consistent restaurant in Los Angeles. It’s so consistent that my order hasn’t deviated in…

Make the curry: In a large, heavy-bottomed pot or Dutch oven, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the mustard…

In Sri Lanka, this everyday quick bread is usually laced with thinly sliced curry leaves, fresh green chiles and red…

In November, chef Joshua Gil nearly died. In February, he opened his new restaurant. “I’m a very stubborn a—,” Gil…

On June 13 one of the city’s most celebrated, eclectic restaurants will close after nearly a decade of accolades, frog…

There’s no shortage of delicious things to eat in East Hollywood: herbaceous lamb kebabs at Saffy’s; garlicky prawns at Kuya…

The shopping centers of the San Gabriel Valley often act as points of reference that are more reliable than specific…

Carl Kheir Doumani, a mid-century Los Angeles developer-turned-wine-country icon, died April 22 in his sleep at his home in the…

Los Angeles is nearly four months removed from the wildfires that destroyed more than 18,000 homes and structures in January,…

A new pizzeria from entertainment multihyphenate Issa Rae and her business partners is set to debut this weekend, bringing funk-inspired…

Starbucks and thousands of its baristas are locked in a labor standoff. More than two years after negotiations began, the…

Pies piled with cloud-like whipped cream, cookies chewy and buttery, loaf cakes and cheesecakes bursting with ripe seasonal fruit: Walking…

If you’re a breakfast burrito fan, there’s no better pocket of Los Angeles to reside in than Pasadena. There are…

The spacious kitchen of a rented house just off Melrose Avenue in Beverly Grove is in full 420 mode. The…

After 30 minutes, place the balls of dough on the two parchment-lined sheet pans, six well-spaced cookies on each sheet.…

Winning the Masters means choosing the menu for the champions dinner the following year. Ben Hogan came up with the…

Sustainability is an incredibly complicated topic. Yet seafood sustainability is the surprisingly rare exception in which a really complex problem…

We’ve got an exciting lineup of cookbook authors, memoirists and food personalities appearing at this year’s Los Angeles Times Festival…

In this perfect party appetizer, the sweet funk of scallops is complemented by the savoriness of the corn tostada and…

Le Hut Dinette What happens when one of the country’s rising-star barbecue chefs launches a diner? At Santa Ana’s new…

What priceless items would you grab when fleeing disaster? It’s a sobering question that thousands of Angelenos were forced to…

Ari Kolender, chef and co-owner of two of L.A.’s most popular seafood restaurants, didn’t grow up in a household that…

This is a visually stunning and delicious dish, and if you’ve got some Espelette butter in the fridge, the whole…

This carrot cake contains all the usual ingredients that make carrot cake distinct — carrots, cinnamon, walnuts — but with…

My mom remarried when I was in my 30s. Already on my path as a food professional, I decided to…

Egusi is a type of melon that is commonly used in West African cuisine. The seeds are edible and are…

“This is not a restaurant,” says Daniele Uditi, addressing a crowd of 32 diners in a spacious warehouse in West…

This hibiscus margarita in Carolina Pardilla’s “Margarita Time” cookbook is from winner of the Tales of the Cocktail Pioneer Award,…

This is my go-to salad for any dinner party, not only because it’s refreshing, but also because it utilizes an…

No one really knows exactly what they want when they walk into a cheese shop. But this never deterred visitors…

Several Saturdays ago, my mom and I walked into our local L.A. cheese shop, which we visit weekly. This store,…

88 Club At 88 Club, planks of artful shrimp toast, piles of chewy mung bean jelly noodles and clay pots…

With a bird-flu-induced egg shortage that has caused prices to skyrocket — and consumers, for lack of a better word,…

One of L.A.’s most groundbreaking Korean restaurants is closing in the Arts District, but it isn’t the intended end of…

New cookbooks are a bright spot in spring, and this year’s crop is a bumper one. One emerging theme is:…

Spring’s parade of cookbooks are bringing a lot of joy into our kitchens. We read, cooked and baked our way…

The powerful flavors in this tartare — often an appetizer at Queen St. Bar & Grill — come together in…

While attempting to catch a breeze in Isabel and Helen’s “Take Flight” art installation with interconnected windmills during the first…

These brownies are made with white chocolate — an uncommon move in brownie recipes, and I’m not sure why, because,…

“We are freaking out,” says Billie Sayavong. He and his wife, Nokmaniphone, operate Nok’s Kitchen, one of the few restaurants…

I walked into Hal’s Bar and Grill for the first time during the summer of 1989, a year after its…

“Hey, where did you get that?” “Whoa, how much was that?” “Is it any good? Can I have a bite?”…

The threat of tariffs has been keeping Lou Amdur up at night. As the owner of Lou Wine Shop, a…

There’s a delicate art to brewing the Thai tea at ChaTraMue, the Thailand-based tea shop that’s been around since 1945.…

A Greek institution on May 4 will serve its last flame-kissed grilled lamb, its final pillowy potatoes, its saganaki swan…

To make brown butter: Add butter to a pan over medium heat and listen for the water to stop evaporating.…

For decades, a raucous restaurant-cum-music venue along Fairfax Avenue has been a top destination for Angelenos seeking a taste of…

The restaurant is situated in a Santa Ana industrial complex surrounded by sprawling concrete buildings, in the sort of center…

On Wednesday morning the James Beard Foundation announced the chefs, beverage programs, restaurants and bars nominated for its 2025 culinary…

After a swell of community support that ultimately couldn’t save Le Petit Four, the sunny French-Californian bistro in West Hollywood…

Norm Langer backs the city of Los Angeles’ recent work toward combating crime in MacArthur Park, and although closing his…

It’s not just residents and local bands emptying out of Los Angeles and trekking to Coachella Valley Music and Arts…

For me it’s the poppies. They’re not the first harbinger of spring, but they’re certainly the most dazzling. My wife…

The Tesla diner slated to open in Hollywood will be run by Eric Greenspan, a longtime Los Angeles chef, a…

A secret strategy to pay much less for an In-N-Out burger is no more. The ordering hack, used by some…

Series Vanessa Anderson is the Grocery Goblin, on a mission to explore neighborhood grocery stores throughout Southern California. If the…

Back in December, alcohol importer Raza Zaidi in San Francisco placed an order for a pallet of gins, liqueurs and…

When is the last time a restaurant bread basket left a lasting impression? There was a moment when most Eurocentric…

In the back kitchen of Chapter One, a neighborhood gastropub in downtown Santa Ana, the restaurant’s chief busser and utility…

For most it’s a grind having to wash an assembly line of pots and pans first thing in the morning.…

Tomas Saldaña started his job as a line cook more than three years ago at Costa Mesa’s Paradise Dynasty, the…

Fast food customers might find themselves talking to an artificial intelligence voice the next time they order tacos or pizza…

After an onslaught of recent restaurant closures, one of L.A.’s longest-running restaurants might join the ranks. Owners of Chili John’s,…

There are technological and biological wonders inside the sleek San Gabriel offices of Seamus Blackley, which are evasively named —…

A blaze damaged but did not topple Westlake’s historic Pacific Dining Car restaurant Thursday morning, the second fire reported at…

Tasting wine can be hard work. Really. I’m not talking about a weekend with friends tooling around wine country in…

At Mexico City’s Pujol, Enrique Olvera makes what could be the world’s most famous mole, and next month, Angelenos can…

At Pedroca’s Burguer in Lawndale, the burger pendulum has swung from the lacy, gossamer patties of the smashburger to a…