A homesick Texan dishes on tacos, chile and frito pie; what it takes to be a farmer, and gut instinct and your diet. Plus, how to include late-season tomatoes into your?
Often, you'll see a recipe say something like, "Slice thinly against the grain." So, what does this mean? And why should you do it? The "grain" refers to the flow of the muscle fibers in a cut of meat. Like wood, the fibers tend to go in a single direction. Slicing a cut of meat [...]
Flickr/Lauren Manning In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. “Can you get a vegan mi quang? This is Echo Park. You shouldn’t have to ask.” Central Vietnamese
Look Ma, no pants! Look, we know this is a casual town. You dress to the nines at JiRaffe and some asshole is sitting there in a baseball hat. You keep it classy at Cut and a table of grown-men are dressed like the Justin Bieber Fan Club. Heck, who doesn’t know a tasteless Hollywood [...]
I'm often asked by new Test Kitchen interns why we keep our oils in the refrigerator. Essentially, we refrigerate our oils to keep them fresh and from going bad. Because of their high fat content, oils can go rancid quickly when left at room temperature or exposed to light. Refrigerating them extends their shelf [...]
Jen JonesThe Churchill’s interiorAngelenos have three new bars they can hit this weekend: The Churchill, Oldfield’s Liquor Room and the Hollywood Magic Bar. (The opening of Josef Centeno’s new
Chop chop Howard Ko, who tells us he’s a cook at Melisse, writes to tell us about a dinner he’s helping to organize at Il Grano along with seven other chefs with varying positions in restaurants like Church & State, Joe’s, and Melisse in a benefit for Breast Cancer Connections. On November 6th, Ko will [...]
Those who want to enjoy the first two offerings from the new-on-the-scene Golden Road Brewing at home won't have to wait for the outfit to start offering cans, which won't be available until late November or early December. This weekend the brewery will open one of its three warehouses to start selling 32-oz. growlers for $10 apiece. The [...]
As we’ve noted before, among the many ways you can ID a food lover in this town is the presence of a mole-stained copy of EAT: Los Angeles in the glove compartment of the car. Along with, say
Naya’s dining area goes white-on-white Most restaurants could use a little freshening up every few years, and after 10 years as Tantra, the Sunset Junction Indian spot has gotten a re-do as Naya. Naya’s grand opening is on Monday. We stopped by for the preview night and saw that the menu is similar to Tantra [...]
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