In July, The Wall Street Journal published a lengthy piece on the publishing industry’s quest for the next international thriller sensation à la Stieg Larsson, and among the authors cited…
Ramiro Arvizu and Jaime Martin del Campo are the chefs and owners of La Casita Mexicana, one of the best and most authentic Mexican restaurants in the city, if not the country. The two o…
Complete with revolving dessert case and comfy booths, Brent’s has the right deli look. I grew up eating at Nate ‘n Al’s, so that’s pretty much my reference point for delis. But the Chowhounds and everyone else say Brent’s Deli has an edge on Nate ‘n Al’s, so when I had to be near Northridge [...]
Ricky and his fish tacos StreetGourmetLA’s Bill Esparza is a street food experto and he knows his tacos like nobody’s business. In fact, he conducted a fish taco task force last year where Ricky’s Fish Tacos were named the top fish tacos in the area. In case you haven’t found Ricky on the street in [...]
The city of Pasadena has not been real friendly to food trucks, so the mania that’s swept L.A. was slow to hit there. But Kogi figured out that it could stop in Altadena, just over the Pasadena border and in unincorporated L.A. County territory, and soon others followed suit. We invited the Grilled Cheese Truck [...]
This weekend’s hotter-than-hot Dwell on Design at the Los Angeles Convention Center is devoting a significant amount of time and creative energy to food, and many of our favorite experts will be speaking. The food-lover’s day is Sunday, and it’s chock-full of good stuff, including panels on sustainable seafood, modern restaurant design, food and justice, [...]
Our colleague Pat Saperstein, an EAT: Los Angeles contributor and the proprietor of EatingLA.com, has a good piece on her site about Tom LaBonge’s misguided effort to limit food trucks, and she makes a plea for L.A. eaters to sign the petition to protect mobile vendors. Here’s how her piece starts: I know being a [...]
KCET is beefing up its website by hitting up other L.A. sites for content, and we were only too happy to support the public-television (now public multimedia) cause. Here’s what we shared with kcet.org for its Summer in LA series. Particular thanks to EAT: Los Angeles contributors Pat Saperstein and Bandini for their truck expertise. [...]
All over town, bakers are channeling their inner Betty Crockers (whether or not they don heels and aprons to cream butter and sugar) in preparation for this Sunday’s  No Cookie Left Behind Bake Sale at Scoops Gelato in East Hollywood. Its the fourth annual local version of the national Great American Bake Sale put on [...]
Gale Kohl, owner of the eponymous Gale’s Restaurant in Pasadena, and her friends have put together a quietly remarkable fundraising night, A Taste of Art, for the past  few years. The bustling Italian restaurant is transformed overnight into an art gallery, with dozens of works for sale at eminently reasonable prices. The parking lot is tented to hold [...]
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