If you run with a certain crowd of culinary fans, then you might already know Bricia and her younger brother, Fernando. They're the scions of the family that owns the Guelaguetza restaurant empire, built over 17 years on the ambitions of an immigrant patriarch and the deft spicing of his wife's Oaxacan moles. The daughter-and-son duo [...]
John Sedlar, long known for his soulful Latin cooking, is introducing an equally soulful dining experience to his downtown restaurant, Rivera. Inspired by the rich history of Latin cuisine and the diversity of cultures that had a hand in creating it, Sedlar and the other cooks at Rivera embarked on an in-depth exploration of the [...]
Faster than you can say "martini, extra dry with a twist," it seems that another cocktail or wine bar has popped up downtown, where an already burgeoning drinking scene might be considered ground zero for the city's classic-cocktail revival. Santa Monica may have its beachy watering holes and Hollywood its plushy lounges, but ask [...]
I think I've found my new dream china. I stopped by the Lemon Tree Bungalow in West Hollywood to pick up a birthday card for a friend just the other day, and spotted these plates stacked with other cool kitchenware items in a corner of the store. It's the "Food Face" ceramic plate, courtesy of Fred [...]
Sure it was loud and the music was often bad, but Eat Well in Silver Lake was one of the largest and most affordable restaurants to enjoy brunch on Silver Lake's Sunset Boulevard brunch strip. When it closed a few years back it was sorely missed. It also left a huge, empty piece of real [...]
The local honey of Silverlake beekeepers Russell Bates and Amy Seidenwurm has shown up on the cheese plates of Canele restaurant in Atwater Village and recently the new wine bar Covell in Los Feliz. It might not have gone much further than that had this not been a very good production season for the three [...]
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