Here's a sneak peek at what's coming in this week's Food section: Our Find of the Week is Ramen Yamadaya in Torrance: Tonkotsu is the heart of the matter at Ramen Yamadaya, an unassuming little ramen shop in Torrance squeezed between a skate shop and the 405 Freeway. Proper tonkotsu broth is made by simmering [...]
Phyllis e-mailed me recently requesting the recipe for the Brussels sprout salad from La Grande Orange Cafe in Pasadena: "It was with curious adventure that [I] ordered the Brussels sprout salad at La Grande Orange Cafe. I was delighted with the unique and imaginative salad presentation." This is not the first request we've received for [...]
Up in Santa Barbara for the weekend speaking at the Edible Institute, a conference sponsored by the Edible Community of food magazines, and there was one place I absolutely had to stop. Can you guess where? Yup. Every time I even drive near Santa Barbara, I am drawn as if magnetically to La Super-Rica, one [...]
We'll see you bright and early Monday morning for #weekendeats, when we waste company time talking about what we ate this weekend, and swapping pictures. You can join us on Twitter (we use #weekendeats) or on Facebook. But wherever you join us, please also upload your #weekendeats pictures here so that everyone can see them, and we [...]
Sang Yoon, the don of Father's Office, is gearing up to open Lukshon next week in the Helms Bakery complex in Culver City. The same complex is home to the second Father's Office (the first being on Montana Avenue in Santa Monica) and Yoon's separate "test kitchen," equipped with toys such as his blast freezer and [...]
A $1,000 dinner might sound extravagant –- actually, no way around it, it is extravagant -– but in this case, it might be something of a bargain, provided that you’re a very deep-pocketed wine lover who is really into great Bordeaux. Osteria Mozza and the folks at Learn About Wine are hosting a “Right Bank” [...]
When I first saw this story about U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) suing over a sandwich, I thought what you probably thought: "This country is lawsuit happy." But I stopped snickering when I read some of the details: WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) is suing the operators of a House cafeteria for alleged negligence [...]
Today, it seems, everyone is a food blogger. It's impossible to go out to eat without snapping a picture of your plate before you take the first taste. But certainly one of the more unusual of the culinarily compelled photographers is one J.R. Giddens. His name won't mean much to foodies, but basketball fans will [...]
Jamie Oliver has been unhappy that L.A. Unified hasn’t allowed him into its schools to film his reality television show, but he’s had plenty of offers from parents and officials who’d like to work with him. And on Thursday he is planning to visit West Adams Prep, a high school near downtown. Oliver’s production officials [...]
As the memorable, not so memorable or hazy memories of the New Year recede to the morning’s challenge of getting out of bed, focus on what's truly important … food. Don't bother getting side-tracked by changing out of your pajamas on New Year's Day, because La Grande Orange is dishing out certificates equal to [...]
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