Daniela Galarza

Unless you live or work in the South Bay, you may have missed the fact that Grimaldi's Pizzeria opened a spacious location in El Segundo earlier this year. Yes, this Grimaldi's is related - in a second-cousin-twice-removed sort of way - to the original Brooklyn pizzeria that Patsy Grimaldi opened in 1990......

There's been so much talk about pressed juice lately that we'd almost forgotten about how good a bunch of fresh ingredients whirred around in the blender can taste. With the farmers' markets in full bloom and summer in full bloom, we decided to visit a few of L.A.'s casual cafes......

Named in part for legendary Dodger pitcher Sandy Koufax and in part for the portmanteau of the words coffee and Fairfax, Cofax is a new third wave coffee shop from Jason Bernstein and James Starr - otherwise known as the team behind Golden State and Bludso's on La Brea. Set to open on Thursday May 15,......

Chef Sasha Lyon, who was the executive chef at Delphine inside the W Hollywood, and who recently revamped the menu at downtown's Soleto, has left both restaurants. His final day of service was last Thursday. Lyon, who is classically trained and came from New York four years ago to take the lead......

In Fictitious Dishes (HarperCollins, $19.99), which was released last week, author Dinah Fried photographs her re-creations of literature's most famous meals. Vivid colors, soft lighting and Fried's stylistic interpretations of some of the world's greatest author's words invite the viewer into the Proustian memory of when they first read each book. A......

We have chef and owner Vivian Ku to thank for the romantic and serene Pine & Crane, which last month took the place of Cru in Silver Lake. Named for Ku's grandfather's noodle company in China, the restaurant is easy on the eyes, full of pale wood, natural light and......

You can buy British candy bars at Ye Olde King's Head in Santa Monica, sample Mexican caramels at La Zamorana in East LA, and stock up on Persian sweets at Sun Market in Westwood, but until this month your Scandinavian candy selection was extremely limited. Sockerbit, which opened on West 3rd Street......

Why eat cherry pie in February? Our expectations weren't high -- seasonality and all that -- but Sweet Lady Jane has been doing this classic bakery thing since 1988. And frozen cherries mean it's more than possible to bake a summer fruit pie in February without importing fruit from faraway......

Spooning into a good burrata is a lot like biting into a creme-filled Cadbury egg. As good as the outside is, it's the gooey interior that everyone wants. And who knew one could consume the custardy interior of a good lobe of burrata cheese all on its own? Before it......

Last time Squid Ink caught up with Marcel Vigneron back in April, he was playing with liquid nitrogen at Beverly Hill's bar210. Towards the end of September, Vigneron left the cushy hotel job when his management company, DNA Management, pulled out of operations at the hotel. These days, hotel catering......