With so many great cocktail destinations in Los Angeles these days, we thought a short list of our farmers’ market favorites for summer  was in order. Much to our happy-hour delight, we discovered there are far too many to list. Here’s a start. Blue Velvet Expect to fork over plenty ($14) for a blood orange-gin [...]
This week on Off-Ramp, John Rabe, Kevin Ferguson and I ate at Slaw Dogs and talked about hot dogs—and there’s a whole lot more to hot dogs in L.A. than standing in a tourist-filled line at Pink’s. To listen to the podcast of our talk, click here for KPCC’s Off-Ramp site. Here’s our short list [...]
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 [...]
On this week’s EAT LA/Off-Ramp collaboration, KPCC host John Rabe and I headed to Vicente Foods to taste relish. Lots and lots of relish. Straight up. Ya, crackers probably would have been a good idea. All the relishes we tasted are from small L.A. producers like Jim Brown. Some are zippy burger and hot dogs [...]
The nice folks from KTLA’s Morning News asked me to come on the air to talk about great resources for July 4th weekend eating, and I’ll be doing just that on Thursday, July 1, somewhere between 9:30 and 10 a.m. Here’s the food we’ll be showcasing: For the Grill Not only do Dan and Jim [...]
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. [...]
We celebrate our own anniversaries at our favorite restaurants, but the restaurant’s notable years can pass by without a blink. Here are a few L.A. greats that are celebrating milestones this year in wood (5th), china (20th), silver (25th) and pearls (30th)… or celebrating in just darn good food, with a few anniversary specials tossed [...]
Asking who makes the best sandwich in town is the kind of loaded question that inevitably ends pretty much like the debate over whose grandma makes the best pie — there are entirely too many variations and personal biases to come to a consensus. So we’ll just say that the sandwiches that follow are ones [...]
It’s easy enough to shop locally for produce at farmers’ markets. Things are a little trickier when you’re keen on finding an interesting locally produced relish to jazz up your burgers, or maybe a homegrown barbecue sauce to toss into a gift box (Father’s Day is right around the corner). One of our favorite markets [...]
With so many great bakers, confectioners and pastry chefs in Los Angeles, it’s impossible to resist that nagging sweet tooth for very long. And who would want to? But given that we’re on the verge of summer, and yeah, we’re putting on the shorts, tees and sundresses, we wanted to find out what desserts our [...]
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