If there were ever an excuse to indulge your sweet tooth, this is it. After tonight's Top Chef finale, the first episode of "Top Chef: Just Desserts" will air. In case you might not want to invest the time (and patience) to execute Dorie Greenspan's macarons or can't make it to the Just Desserts truck's [...]
Blogspotting: I think Mr. Zucchini is the heavy in this neighborhood. You'd better pay up, Mr. EggTimer, if you know what's good for you!! Thanks to Denise Sakaki for posting this photo to Twitter –Your Twip of the Day: Follow @wasabiprime – and check out her Food blog, Wasabi Prime. –The Parlor Santa Monica throws in [...]
Get ready, food truck owners: Those letter grades certifying cleanliness at restaurants may be coming to you. Los Angeles County public health officials are asking the Board of Supervisors to expand to food trucks the county’s popular letter grading system that evaluates safe food handling practices. The vote, originally scheduled for Tuesday, has been pushed [...]
Among the funky boutiques, tattoo parlors and foodie restaurants that line eclectic Melrose Avenue, there's a new sight that has longtime store owners and shoppers alarmed: a glut of empty storefronts and for-lease signs. Since the recession began, shoppers have lamented the closure of some of their favorite businesses, such as longtime vintage haunt Aaardvarks [...]
In more cocktail news: The two lovely ladies behind the not-as-lovely McNuggetini, Alie Ward and Georgia Hardstark, make their debut on the new website for the Food Network, Food2. (FYI, Ward writes for The Times.) The first video of their new Web series, "Drinks With Alie & Georgia," features the Peanut Butter & Jealous: muddled [...]
All recipes that appear in the L.A. Times' weekly Food section are tested and perfected in our Test Kitchen before they're deemed fit to print. (That means you don't have to worry about a trial run before serving one of our recipes to company.) Rest assured, they should work the first time out of the [...]
When the Langham Huntington, Pasadena reopens its renamed and extensively remodeled dining room in October, chef David Féau will man the stoves. Féau, 39, a protégé of French chef Guy Savoy, was most recently the corporate executive chef of the Patina Restaurant Group’s culinary operations on the West Coast. A native of Le Mans, [...]
— The Hallmark Channel is re-branding itself to focus on home and lifestyle improvement and cooking shows. And who's going to help them? Who else? Martha Stewart. – The psychedelic drug psilocybin, the active ingredient in "magic mushrooms," can improve mood and reduce anxiety and depression in terminal cancer patients, according to a new study. [...]
If you're thinking of jumping on the low-carb-diet bandwagon or have already jumped, consider this: New research reveals that vegetable-based low-carb diets may be linked with lower overall mortality rates and lower death rates from cardiovascular disease and cancer. Read more in today's Health section.Photo credit: David Karp / For The Times
What are hitting their peak at local markets? Bartlett pears. Pears will continue to ripen off the tree (indeed, they really have to ripen off the tree to avoid a woody texture). So if your pears are a little green and firm, just leave them at room temperature and they'll finish up nicely. Then you can refrigerate [...]
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