Sara Johannes is chef de cuisine at WP24 at the Ritz-Carlton downtown, Wolfgang Puck's latest take on Asian cuisine — what Times restaurant critic called "the well-traveled cousin of Chinois on Main." Johannes is planning to do some traveling herself — 10 days in Shanghai in the name of research on xiao long bao (steamed soup dumplings). "The [...]
May we suggest this 2009 Francesco Rinaldi Dolcetto d'Alba 'Roussot'? Our restaurant reviewer and wine critic S. Irene Virbila writes: "Open a bottle with pasta dishes, pizza, grilled sausages and panini. It's a summer-weight red that works with just about anything." The price tag? $20 bucks. Where to buy it Plus: Want more? How about [...]
When Food editor Russ Parsons walked into the Test Kitchen with the latest Master Class recipe from Nancy Silverton, I could hardly contain my excitement. Focaccia. We were going to make focaccia, Nancy Silverton-style. I don't know if you've seen the focaccia displays on the cake stands behind the counter at Mozza2Go, but they're a [...]
I just discovered illustrator Giselle Potter has a site on Etsy where she sells some of her paintings and illustrations. She's illustrated a number of children's books, including "The Boy Who Loved Words," "The Brave Little Seamstress" and "The Littlest Grape Stomper," with her wondrous and whimsical work. Her latest is "To Do: A Book [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has finally recognized what a lot of cooks and food scientists have been arguing for some time –- that previously recommended doneness temperatures for meat were wrong. But before you leap to your feet to applaud let's think for a minute about those revised recommendations. Essentially, the USDA is now [...]
Ricardo Zarate — chef at Peruvian restaurant Mo-Chica and the forthcoming Picca who recently was named a Food & Wine best new chef — is going kosher. For a day. Zarate is teaming up with chef Alex Reznik (whom you may recall from "Top Chef") at La Seine, the Beverly Hills restaurant that serves contemporary [...]
Sebastien Archambault is the executive chef of l'Epicerie Market in Culver City and was formerly chef at RH at the Andaz in Hollywood. He's from southwestern France, so he's into mushrooms…. What's coming next on your menu? For breakfast we will be serving a portobello mushroom with fried egg, Swiss cheese, grilled red onion, butter lettuce and [...]
Papaya King, the legendary hot dog chain that was first opened in Manhattan by founder Gus Poulos in 1932, is opening a new location in Hollywood on Monday. L.A.'s Papaya King comes to us courtesy of nightlife and hotel king Sam Nazarian and his SBE hospitality group. Eventually customers will be able to walk through the [...]
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