Bloody Mary may be a quintessential daytime cocktail but it’s pretty rare for me to order this hair of the dog to go with my brunch. Unlike the simpler-to-make mimosas and bellinis, there are so many components and variations to this drink, which means so much can go wrong. And I’ve had my share of [...]
Time to take Lindy & Grundy out of the vaporware file! Squid Ink announces that the sustainable butchers, who have sliced off a significant amount of media coverage since announcing their shop last fall, could finally be open tomorrow. With one more inspection to pass, you might want to wait for the official word before [...]
In my household, I usually make the ice creams and do the baking. But when my husband was cooking up a big meal from one of Rick Bayless' Mexican cookbooks (there are so many), he took it upon himself to make the Chicago-based chef's Fresh Lime Ice With Berries from "Mexican Everyday." Nothing unusual about [...]
Claire ThomasLes Deux’s Beet SaladLike Bastide with its umpteen chef changes, Les Deux is something of a pop-up, except it keeps popping up in the same place. The once hot Hollywood spot’s late
Starting Friday and running through April, Santa Monica’s Drago plans to offer a spring tasting menu dedicated to all things duck meat for $59 a person. Exec chef Evan Gotanda’s menu di anatra starts with foie gras torchon and 63 degree duck egg and centers on duck confit risotto and duck breast with collard green [...]
It was the showdown in the Bahamas, pitting two polar opposites: Mike Isabella, the brash, swaggering bull of a guy with the passion for big flavor, and Richard Blais, the neurotic perfectionist with the spiky hair who every week seemed to pull a new trick out of his knife bag. With $200,000 plus extras at [...]
Elina ShatkinSotto’s liquor arsenal: for celebratory or mourning purposes It can be tricky to determine whether a restaurant is nearing its end. Despite conflicting and vague reports, Bistro LQ
Go Go’ers, if the cold and rain has settled in your very bones, you’ll need more than a couple of high-temp ray days to recover your git-up-and-go. Luckily, Grand Ole Echo, L.A.’s premier, down home, jump-for-joy returns this Sunday to warm you up no matter what the weather (though it looks like sunny skies all weekend long!) Queen [...]
Visiting San Francisco superhound Melanie Wong scouted us out some extraordinary pastries. First, Mishi’s Strudel is “a piece of old world Hungary plopped into downtown San Pedro.” Lingonberry palacsinta (think crêpes) are just like in Budapest, “buttery rich in flavor, meltingly tender and so thin,” says Melanie. Strudel is extraordinary, too. “The ultra-light and flaky [...]
A big shake-up occurred at Studio City’s farmers market when the board of directors recently canned Carole Gallegos, the market’s manager for seven years, in exchange for lawyer and board member Melody Dosch, who owns the neighborhood’s popular Artisan Cheese Gallery with her parents. The new crew is hoping the change will allow for greater [...]
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