Brown Derby on Wilshire, Ansel Adams I’m still recovering from jet lag, so it’s nostalgia time at EatingLA. I’m glad Ansel Adams took time out from Yosemite to shoot the Brown Derby. While searching online, I was surprised to find this letter to the editor I wrote to the L.A. Times back in 1994. Do [...]
Hanabi on crispy rice This Sunday officially icks off the start of barbecue season and that means Katana is bringing back its summer-long Red Sun BBQ, which throws a few novel creations onto its Japanese menu. The event runs every Sunday through Labor Day on the slick restaurant’s al fresco patio and draws a chi-chi [...]
Doesn't this sound like a great idea: A community garden that brings people together for a common purpose — to grow their own organic fruits and vegetables. Well, what if that community garden were right outside your kitchen window, giving you little privacy when you head over to the coffee-maker in your PJs (or even [...]
Flickr/The Delicious LifeCan lab-grown steaks taste just as good as the real thing?It’s not quite Star Trek’s replicator, but it’s getting close: In this week’s issue of The New Yorker, writer
As much as I like Tender Greens (and I’m still stoked about its upcoming Pasadena opening), I’m so thrilled that West Hollywood has got another healthful fast-casual option – fresheast. And as an added bonus, they are pretty earth-friendly too, using recyclable & biodegradable serving ware (I’m digging the palm leaf plates!) One of my [...]
Vote Earl’s Gourmet Grub! It’s time for the American Institute of Architects to bestow its annual restaurant design awards on the nation’s interiors. Last year, South Beverly Grill took home accolades despite the paint hardly being dry, and this year AIA has gone a step further back and picked Gyenari, which is actually now closed [...]
Preserving food is not just about canning tomatoes and making nectarine jam. The LA County Master Food Preservers are trained as volunteer educators to answer questions about preservation and fermentation; and that includes working with and making alcohol — such as brewing beer, making cordials and using alcohol as a preservative. Unfortunately for those of [...]
Photoshopped nonpocalypse billboard making the internet rounds.Yeah, that was awkward. So Harold Camping’s prophesied apocalypse never materialized. First, he was “flabbergasted.” (Because it’
There’s a large barbecue contraption in front of La Playa Market. The grill guys do whole barbecued butterflied chickens on Mexican charcoal. Nothing else, “just pollos on the barrel drum grills. … They’re specialists,” says Foodandwine. There’s a window inside the market, and a girl inside cleavers up the cooked birds. A whole chicken is [...]
Brentwood: Bru Haus is now soft-open for sausages, homemade sauces, tequila, and beer, with chef Charlie Hwang in the kitchen. [Feast] -FarmShop is looking for staff for its dinner service and not due to a walk-out in the kitchen. [Squid Ink] Carson: Home Depot Center has a pretty lonely looking street food cart called Street [...]
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