Jimmy Shaw

Diana Kennedy at LACMA: Oaxacan Foods, Book Signing Proper Tortillas

Diana Kennedy, the Mexican cuisine authority and cookbook author, doesn't often travel outside of Mexico, where she lives in rural Michoacán a few hours from Mexico City. For the past 65 years, Mexico has been her home, and a laboratory for her studies and writings about Mexico's regional cuisines. ... More >>

Lotería Opens (Again) on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica

Lotería pulled a sneaky stunt, opening in Santa Monica without telling a soul. But how could the fifth location of this Mexican chain not open on the fifth day of the fifth month of the year, which, as you of course know, was Cinco de Mayo? The official first day was to be May 14, but Jimmy Shaw, ... More >>

[Updated] UCLA's Science & Food Series: Or, Why There's A Modernist in Your Soup (or at Your Dinner Table)

Update: The lovely folks at UCLA have just told us that there are still spots available for the June 9 lectures. Maybe go reserve one now. General admission is $20; UCLA students get in free with a valid student ID. This semester is a pretty good time to be a "non-science student" at UCLA: 50 lucky ... More >>

Eric Garcetti's Latino-Mayor Dreams And Mexican Heritage Start in Italy

Eric Garcetti has what you could describe as a white guy's face and an Italian's name. But, in the race to become the next mayor of Los Angeles, the city councilman could use all the ethnic bloodlines he can get. It's a diverse town where political winners often have to piece together disparate coa ... More >>

Los Angeles, a Major Global City Owned And Run by Outsiders?

Mark Luethi / LA Weekly Flickr poolLooking in.​Is this worldly town -- America's gateway to Asia, the second-largest media market in America, the Latino capital of the United States -- really owned and controlled by outsiders? It's a question posed by local expert and author D.J. Waldie at Zo ... More >>

Last Night at Loteria Grill: An Evening of Oaxacan Food with Diana Kennedy

N. GalutenStuffed jalapeños​ Diana Kennedy, the highly-esteemed cookbook author and Mexican cuisine authority, was at Loteria Grill in Hollywood last night for a special event to promote her latest (and supposedly last) cookbook, Oaxaca al Gusto. The event, costing $100, included two drinks, ... More >>

Diana Kennedy Book Party at Loteria Grill: Bring a Wheelie

​Jimmy Shaw, chef-owner of Loteria Grill (three and counting), has long had a special place in his heart and in his kitchen for Diana Kennedy, the highly respected authority on Mexican cuisine and author of a long string of classic cookbooks on the subject. When Shaw was first getting into the ... More >>

Q & A With John Sedlar: Retirement, The Food Network Where Are Our Latino Chefs

A. ScattergoodJohn Sedlar of Rivera, with lamp​ John Rivera Sedlar, who opened his downtown restaurant Rivera a year and a half ago, has been one of Los Angeles' best chefs for decades: before Rivera, before the chef "retired" for 15 years, before the Museum Tamal, back to when he ran St. Est ... More >>

Will Work For Food: Your Labor Day Food Festival Weekend

Good thing that Labor Day weekend traditionally marks the end of wearing white -- although here in Los Angeles, many restaurants are lucky if diners wear pants, white or otherwise -- as this holiday weekend has turned into one giant food festival. Between all the food trucks, food demos, cooking com ... More >>

Top 10 Places To Watch the FIFA World Cup

​Tomorrow begins the the most widely watched sporting event in the world, the 2010 FIFA World Cup. And for the next month, from June to July 11th, even Laker mania will take a back seat to soccer. The World Cup, held for the first time in Africa, showcases 32 countries. And while you can of co ... More >>

Yesterday At Taste of the Nation: Photos Of Hunger-Fighting Food

Taste of the Nation Los Angeles had its annual event yesterday at the Culver City Media Park, and as usual, there was a lot of good food and drink. All ticket sales, as well as money received from charitable donations and the silent auction, went directly toward fighting childhood hunger. There wer ... More >>

Mole in the Valley: Lotería Grill Now Open in Studio City

Lotería Grill opens for business in Studio City today. This is chef-owner Jimmy Shaw's third location. Shaw opened his first Lotería as a small taqueria in the Farmers Market at 3rd and Fairfax next to the Grove; his second, a much larger Loteria on Hollywood Boulevard, opened in 2008. The new L ... More >>

Loteria Grill 3: An Update on Jimmy Shaw's Valley Adventure

Jimmy Shaw is moving over the hill: his third Loteria Grill is currently under construction in the mall on the corner of Laurel Canyon and Ventura Boulevard, in the second floor space previously occupied by Gaucho Grill. This follows the 2008 opening in Hollywood of the second Loteria Grill, a more ... More >>

What To Do With A Sudden Glut of Tomatoes: Make Panzanella & Head to Loteria Grill This Saturday

Amy ScattergoodThe still lives of tomatoes​If you are not a farmer or a regular backyard gardener--and thus unaccustomed to the seasonal operatics of vegetables--the glut of produce that can appear seemingly overnight in your casually-planted home garden can be astonishing, overwhelming, perha ... More >>

The Raw, the Cooked and Everything in Between: Taste of the Nation

The raw and the cooked--and everything in between--were showcased at Share Our Strength's Taste of the Nation fundraiser event in Culver City on Sunday. Many of the participating local chefs were big on crudo, while others preferred carbonizing their protein. The sheer number of chefs and food busin ... More >>

Praise Cheeses: Jimmy Shaw's Loteria Grill Spices Up Hollywood

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