Craig Thornton

Dana Goodyear, L.A.-Based New Yorker Writer, Has a New Book of Poetry

See also: *Best L.A. Novel Ever: The Tournament *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week Los Angeles readers may be forgiven for thinking that Dana Goodyear is a food writer. In The New Yorker, where Goodyear has been a staff writer since 2007, she's written about Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo, the chef ... More >>

5 Overlooked L.A. Dining Trends of 2012 (That Will Change the Way You Eat in 2013)

Every year dining trends come and go -- on the suface 2012 might not have looked like the most eventful year, aside from the foie gras ban and some high-profile restaurant closures. But like the Santa Ana's, the winds of change are forever blowing in L.A., and the seeds of what will likely arrive in ... More >>

Top 10 Los Angeles Chefs to Follow on Instagram

Sure, you can see the beautiful dishes that your favorite chefs spend hours making in real life. When, perhaps you go to their restaurants and actually eat their food. But since we often spend more time looking at pretty pictures of dinner than we do consuming it, the tech gods have given us Instagr ... More >>

L.A. Weekly Flickr Pool Reader Photo Of The Day: Rorschach Lamb Plate at Wolvesden

Nine courses were on the menu last week at Wolvesden, the underground, semi-secret supper club run by Craig Thornton. When Squid Ink interviewed Thornton a couple of years ago, he agreed that his plates were like Rorschach tests. (Did guests dive in? Look away? The approach conveyed a lot, he said.) ... More >>

Life Underground: Hidden Dinner at the Vagrancy Project

Has the age of the pop-up restaurant already passed its prime? These days, when a seat at LudoBites garners the same demand as playoff tickets at Staples Center and Wolvesmouth chef Craig Thornton finds himself rebuffing weekly offers from Vegas investors looking to commercialize his underground din ... More >>

Zagat Debuts Los Angeles 30 Under 30 List

Some of our favorite young chefs made Zagat's first ever Los Angeles 30 Under 30 list (a.k.a. how to make anyone over 30 feel inadequate). The honorees include Nyesha Arrington (Wilshire), Joshua Drew (Farmshop), Jordan Kahn (Red Medicine), Ilan Hall (The Gorbals), Casey Lane (Tasting Kitchen), Crai ... More >>

Chefs Feed: Your Latest Food App

So many apps, so much food, so little time. The latest fun food app is called Chefs Feed, which was released yesterday by Credible, Inc., and it's sort of like an aggregate of all those Bon Appétit back pages where your favorite chef told you what they liked to eat on their own time. The Los Angele ... More >>

Wolvesmouth Holds 5-Course Beer Belly Dinner

Kevin ScanlonCraig Thornton​Craig Thornton wants you to know that this is definitely NOT a pop-up. Nevertheless, he's bringing his micro-restaurant Wolvesmouth to Beer Belly, the recently opened Koreatown beer bar. Reigning in his epic tendencies, Thornton is making a five-course, $50, prix fi ... More >>

Top 5 Food Events This Weekend: TOTNLA, Ramen, Wine, Hot Dogs & Roasted Meats

Ramen Bull Kicking off its Popchef series, Breadbar's consulting Chef Noriyuki Sugie debuts Ramen Bull, a menu of five beef-centric ramen dishes: short rib ramen ($11); oxtail ramen ($15), beef tongue ramen ($12); spicy ramen ($14); and corn beef ramen ($13). Available Monday through Saturday, 5 t ... More >>

Craig Thornton: Charlie Parker With Kaffir Lime

Kevin ScanlonCraig Thornton​Watermelon radishes, stinging nettles, kaffir lime leaves. Ask Craig Thornton what he plans to do with this stuff and he'll answer, "I don't know." How about the green garlic or Nantes carrots? "I don't know." Yet here he is, scouring the Santa Monica farmers market ... More >>

Craig Thornton: Charlie Parker With Kaffir Lime

And Now, A Brief Message From Wolvesmouth

Screenshot of Craig Thornton's Twitter page​

Staff Meals: 10 L.A. Chefs/Restaurateurs Recall the Best and Worst

Picasa user KeithChefs eating​"I never had a bad staff meal," said former Palihouse chef Gary Menes. "I'm very grateful for all the chefs I've worked for. They don't have to do it. It's not mandated by law that they have to feed us, or the waiters. That's their generosity, and I humbly accept ... More >>

Top 10 Food Trends for 2011

Photo credit: My Last BiteButterscotch budino from Mozza2Go​Now that we've examined the Top 10 Bad Food Trends of 2010, we're looking to the year ahead. As expected...bacon in everything. DIY molecular gastronomy. Gentrified hot dogs. The growing popularity of Korean food as it assimilates mo ... More >>

A Recipe From the Chef: Craig Thornton's Black Sesame and Uni Profiterole

Caleb ChenBlack sesame and profiterole; rice and dashi soup; clam; uni​About a month ago, we interviewed Wolvesden mastermind and underground supper club chef Craig Thornton (part 1, part 2). As always, we ran a chef recipe too, for his dish "Wolves in the Snow." But Thornton, with his typical ... More >>

Chef Doubts Veracity of "Hell's Kitchen"

​Like chef Craig Thornton of Wolvesmouth fame, we often find ourselves gawping at the humiliation "Hell's Kitchen" contenders must endure. Unlike Thornton, we can tolerate it in more than 20-minute doses. The recent season 8 finale with Nona Sivley beating out blame-game expert Russell Kook wa ... More >>

A Recipe from the Chef: Craig Thornton's S'more

Julian FangThe Wolvesden version of a s'more​ Last week, we brought you the recipe for Craig Thornton's dish, "Wolves in the Snow," his beautifully twisted representation of, "a wolf attack on a plate." This week, we're digging into another part of the chef's recipe collection, in which he put ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 11/29-12/3

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "The refrigerator is swept of leftovers, the bowl of cranberries has been scraped clean, and the half-gallon of superconcentrated turkey stock in the freezer doesn't begin to compensate for the loss." Ask Mr. Gold: Take a Dip ... More >>

A Recipe From the Chef: Craig Thornton's "Wolves in the Snow"

Caleb ChenWolves in the Snow​ If you've been reading our Q&A with Wolvesden chef Craig Thornton (in two parts), you've probably noticed that he's not the sort of person to give us a recipe for, say, eggs Benedict -- that is, unless as some Pollock-esque re-imagining. So it shouldn't surprise y ... More >>

Q & A With Craig Thornton, Part 2: Nicolas Cage, Reflective Cooking, and How To Get Into a Wolvesden Dinner

Caleb ChenCraig Thornton takes a break from cooking​ If you read part 1 of our interview with Wolvesden's Craig Thornton, you learned about his difficult childhood, his stint at Bouchon in Las Vegas, and how he developed some of his unique creative flair. For part 2, we continue the conversati ... More >>

Q & A With Craig Thornton: Wolvesmouth, Thomas Keller Cooking with Fire

Caleb ChenCraig Thonton over his stove​ Back in August, we happened upon a photo from an underground supper club called Wolvesden. The blogs were already raving about these secret dinners, and in October, we had the opportunity to dine at one ourselves. There were thirteen of us there that nig ... More >>

Last Night at Wolvesden: The 13-Course, Underground Supper Club

Gastronomnom.comTomato, bacon cake, bacon, basil​ We learned about Wolvesmouth entirely by accident. While trolling through the LA Weekly Flickr pool, searching for a daily blog photo, we came across a real visual standout. The dish, called "F**k BP Oil Spill," was a culinary response to a nat ... More >>