Jose Andres

The Chef's Library: The Bazaar's Chef de Cuisine Joshua Whigham

The Chef's Library is a series in which we ask chefs around town to tell us about their favorite cookbooks. Today, we talk to Joshua Whigham, chef de cuisine at The Bazaar. As chef de cuisine at José Andrés' The Bazaar, Josh Whigham has a lot to stay on top of. Here, he gives us a selection of f ... More >>

The Bazaar: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

2: Philly Cheesesteak at The Bazaar

Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 2. Philly Cheesesteak at The Bazaar. Aside from "spatchcock," it's possible there's no better word in the culinary lexicon than "espuma." At least i ... More >>

Kang Ho Dong Baekjeong Is the Restaurant Koreatown Didn't Know It Needed

The State Department Unveils the Diplomatic Culinary Partnership

We thought we were going to a small reception at the State Department. It was day 3 of the Association of Food Journalists annual conference, this year held in Washington D.C. As we stood in line to undergo the rigorous security clearances needed to enter the building (we had been asked to provide d ... More >>

[Updated] Jose Andres' Imaginary New York Restaurant, or How The Internet Ruined News

Updated, 2:33 p.m.: Raphael Brion, Editor of Eater National, claims via Twitter that the confusion is actually the fault of USA Today, which changed their story without citing the change on the web. He also provided a link to a cached version of the USA Today story that indeed claimed Andres would b ... More >>

Sunday's Euro Cup Final: What to Eat?

Set to unfold this Sunday, July 1, the 2012 Euro Cup Final is a familiar tale of the tape. On one side, you have Italy's defense, which stays at home and plays it safe, slurping down zabaglione and soaking up an opposition's assaults -- sort of like how the bread in a ribollita soaks up broth. On ... More >>

Michael Voltaggio's ink. Succeeds at the Intersection of Ego and Location

CBS talks to Voltaggio, Andres California's Only Foie Farmer About the Upcoming Ban

As California's foie gras ban rapidly approaches, more and more media outlets are starting to pay attention. This morning, CBS ran a story about diners, protesters and the chefs in L.A. They interviewed chefs Michael Voltaggio (Ink) and Josiah Citrin (Melisse), and captured the tensions between dine ... More >>

Eat This Now: Flan

Tacos, tequila and one more dish should be an ingredient for a proper Cinco de Mayo feast. On menus from Highland Park's My Taco to downtown's Border Grill to Santa Monica's El Chollo to almost every Mexican or Spanish-accented eatery in between, under desserts (postres) there will be flan. The ubiq ... More >>

Time Magazine Picks 100 Most Influential People in the World: Including Two Chefs

Yesterday Time Magazine named it's 100 Most Influential People in the World, proving yet again that lists are more important than real news. Among the hundred super important people are two chefs, both of whom unquestionably deserve to be at the top of any list that includes foodists. (One could not ... More >>

10 Best Romantic Restaurants in L.A.

Valentine's Day is fast approaching, thus it is time to book reservations at your favorite swank restaurant. Assuming you have a date for the evening. If you do not, well, check back later for our Best Dive Bars in L.A. list. Of course your significant other may not be the white tablecloth sort, s ... More >>

ink.sack: 30 Sandwiches in 30 Days (Day 17)

While chef fanboys scour the ink. website at 4 a.m. for a coveted reservation at the ultra-hot restaurant, it's comforting to know that us plebes can walk into the sandwich shop next door and get a taste of Michael Voltaggio's cooking with no drama and at a comparatively affordable price point. in ... More >>

Q & A With Simpsons Exec Producer Matt Selman: The Food Wife, Food Blogging Dining at Jitlada With Matt Groening

Courtesy of 20th Century Fox ​Just a few weeks ago Fox Studios and the voice actors and producers of Simpsons were engaged in a financial tug-of-war that threatened the existence of the long-running animated series. If you need to remind yourself why we should celebrate the resolution (two mor ... More >>

Food News Roundup: The 20 Most Gluttonous Cities, Paula Deen's Potatoes, Getting Fired From El Bulli Why We Love Sunday Suppers at Lucques

The New York Times Magazine: The Food and Drink Issue If You Could Have Only One Cookbook, What Should It Be? (Suzanne Goin's Sunday Suppers at Lucques.) Zester Daily: When Did Soul Food Get Too Hot to Handle? The Daily Beast: José Andrés on getting fired from El Bulli. Food52: Congressiona ... More >>

More Fun With the Department of Justice: $16 Muffins

Flickr/etringitamuffins​ These are gorgeous muffins, but it's probably safe to say that they didn't cost $16 a pop. Unless they were served and eaten by the Department of Justice, that is. According to CBS News, a report issued Tuesday by the Justice Department's inspector general discovered " ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Reviews Ink.Sack

What to Read Now: Eating Bugs in The New Yorker

Anne FishbeinDonaji​If you have not yet picked up the latest issue of The New Yorker, you may want to. Turn to page 38, dear reader, and you will find a Dept. of Gastronomy piece by Dana Goodyear on bugs. You will also find happy mention of John Sedlar (Rivera, Playa), Bricia Lopez (Guelaguetz ... More >>

Michael Voltaggio Previews ink. ink.sack Opens Tomorrow [Photo Gallery]

Guzzle & NoshChef Michael Voltaggio performs ballet while serving sandwiches at ink.sack, his new shop.​Fans of Michael Voltaggio will have to wait a little longer, at least until September, for the chef's sit-down dining experience. That's when ink. is (finally) slated to open. In the meantim ... More >>

Cookbook Review: For Cod and Country (Kale, Too)

bartonseaver.org​Barton Seaver isn't your average National Geographic fellow. For starters, the Washington D.C.-based chef didn't earn his chops covering war ravaged coastlines, investigating dolphin atrocities or some similar magazine-worthy massive reporting project. The author of For Cod ... More >>

And Now, A Brief Message From José Andrés

screenshot of José Andrés' Twitter page​

Food News Roundup: Texaco-Mex, Bacon Toothpaste Rich People Discover Fast Food

-- Bacon toothpaste. If you needed more evidence that the bacon trend has peaked. [The Food Section] -- Taco Bell defends its beef in a new $3 million ad campaign. Imagine if they spent that much on sourcing. [Nation's Restaurant News] -- Rich Americans discover the joys of fast food. Finally. ... More >>

And Now, A Brief Message From José Andrés

screenshot of José Andrés' Twitter page​

The Daily Meal's 50 Most Powerful People in Food

Listmania continues (David Letterman's cultural legacy, perhaps, along with Velcro suits) but this time The Daily Meal has come up with something more compelling than a list of Top 10 Cupcakes. Theirs? America's 50 Most Powerful People in Food. It's a good list, as it would be: The Daily Meal is h ... More >>

Spain's Rock Star Chefs Descend on L.A., Part 3

So what did Juan Mari Arzak, Ferran Adrià and José Andrés love eating while they were in Los Angeles? Umami Burger and Kogi. Maybe other things too, but we didn't have a chance to find out. Near the end of the talk, they took questions from the audience. After the mundane, the meaningless and ... More >>

Spain's Rock Star Chefs Descend on L.A., Part 2

Guzzle & NoshChef Jose Andres explains the process for a salad inspired by the blown glass art of George Chihuly.​Jose Andrés had nothing but love for Los Angeles at last week's panel discussion with fellow Spanish chefs Ferran Adrià and Juan Mari Arzak. "When I came [to Los Angeles] three ... More >>

Spain's Rock Star Chefs Descend on L.A., Part 1

What happens when the three indisputable titans of New Basque cuisine come together on the same stage? A performance by a culinary supergroup? A Marx Brothers routine? Perhaps a bit of both. On Monday night, Spain's rock star chefs Ferran Adrià, Juan Mari Arzak and José Andrés made a pit-stop at ... More >>

Top 10 Food Fights of 2010: Jonathan Gold, Rick Bayless, Whales More

Finger Food/L.A. Weekly Flickr Pool​Whether it involved whales vs. sushi chefs, critics vs. chefs or Jonathan Gold vs. "fill in the blank", 2010 was huge for food fights in Los Angeles. Here are the 10 most memorable tiffs of the year, the ones that set the Twitterverse afire. 1) The Cove Tea ... More >>

José Andrés, Ferran Adriá & Juan Mari Arzak Coming to LA

Amy ScattergoodChef José Andrés.​[Update: We're told that the event is (unsurprisingly) full, but those who RSVP will be added to the waiting list.] Spanish chefs José Andrés, Ferran Adriá and Juan Mari Arzak will pop up in Los Angeles for what's being billed as "a discussion on innovati ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 12/6-12/10

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "When you see how they react to the live octopus tentacles at Masan or the pig ear chicharrones at Lazy Ox Canteen, you may have a better idea of how they might handle the idea of babysitting triplets or a sudden move to Icel ... More >>

Suck My Video Vegetables

When is a cucumber ever just a cucumber? Maybe when Groucho Marx buys one at the Whole Foods in the sky. No, not even then. And definitely not in Magan & Rodriguez's latest music video. Cucumbers, carrots, bananas, popsicles, licorice. It's a forest of edible phallic symbols as barely-clad cutie ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of News from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond

-- Michael Voltaggio to open Ink next year. [Daily Dish] -- Jose Andres blasts Congress over pending school lunch bill. [Chicago Tribune] -- Just one dish: District's spam sliders. [Eating L.A.] -- Divided We Eat, on class and food in America. [Newsweek] -- T minus 3: A laid-back guide to Tha ... More >>

The 99 Essential Restaurants Edition: Your Ad Hoc Discussion Board

Okay, so now that this year's edition of Jonathan Gold's restaurant list is out, it's time for a few things. To read it, ideally over a large bowl of Gold-approved hand-cut noodles. To visit (or revisit) just under a hundred Los Angeles restaurants. And, perhaps, to consider the list itself. Are the ... More >>

The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

SapphireBlue22stack of newspapers​What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free ... More >>

The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

SapphireBlue22stack of newspapers​What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free ... More >>

NBA Champion Ron Artest Has Wheaties, Vodka and The SLS Hotel

The Lakers are NBA Champions again (not World Champions, as some teams like to claim), and there's a parade at 11 o'clock this morning to help commemorate that fact. But if you simply turned off the T.V. after game 7 and decided that you were done following basketball this year, you missed a few imp ... More >>

Vintage Enoteca Casual Wine Bar Opens in Hollywood

Danielle FrancoisVintage Enoteca​ While daydreaming about food and wine during their corporate advertising jobs in Manhattan, Danielle Francois and Jennifer Moore decided to ditch the daily grind and move across country to open casual wine bar, Vintage Enoteca. The Hollywood bar on Sunset Bou ... More >>

Q & A with Marcel Vigneron: Island Life, Going Molecular & Cooking with Bobby Flay

Marcel Vigneron of Bar210​Marcel Vigneron is probably still best known for season 2 of Top Chef, during which he displayed his talents for molecular gastronomy -- and for getting under the skin of his competition. After the show Vigneron, who still has his signature gravity-defying hair, moved ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 4/5-4/9

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "The way things are going, we'll probably see a camel-hump truck parked out behind the Brig within a month or two."

Q & A With José Andrés, Part 2: Frank Bruni, The White House Garden & How to Eat at Bazaar for Under $50

In yesterday's first part of our conversation with José Andrés, the chef sat down to chat about the Spanish pantry (his, ours), and cooking with Ferrán Adriá, which is where we left off. Andrés, whose La Cienega restaurant The Bazaar opened in the SLS hotel in 2008, spends plenty of time in Los ... More >>

A Recipe From the Chef: José Andrés' Olive Oil Pancakes

If you spend any time at The Bazaar, José Andrés' restaurant in the SLS Hotel, you will be impressed with the smoke-and-mirrors, fun-house motif -- Monty Python, maybe, if they'd been born Spanish -- that includes not only the decor but the playful food. Nitrogen clouds. Food in tin cans. And if f ... More >>

Q & A With José Andrés: His TV Show, What Should Be In Your Pantry & Cooking with Ferrán Adriá

José Andrés' beautiful fun-house of a hotel restaurant, The Bazaar, has been open for about a year and a half now, where the Spanish chef has been serving up cotton candy foie gras, little tin cans of King crab and raspberries, and olive oil pancakes to a crowd variously composed of hotel guests, ... More >>

2010 James Beard Finalists Announed: Suzanne Goin, Matt Molina, Michael Cimarusti, Jonathan Gold, Patric Kuh Nominated

James Beard​Twitter is at it again. The 2010 James Beard Award Finalists were announced this morning via the foundation's Twitter account. L.A's Suzanne Goin, of Lucques, AOC Wine Bar, Hungry Cat and Tavern was nominated for Outstanding Chef, while Matt Molina of Mozza and Michael Cimarusti of ... More >>

José Andrés Is Your Guest DJ: Molecular Gastronomy to Elton John

Ever wonder what's on José Andrés' playlist? You figure he must be listening to something cutting edge while he's thinking up cotton candy foie gras and playing with the nitro canisters at The Bazaar, right? Try Elton John's Daniel. We know this because the Spanish chef shares his personal soundtr ... More >>

Brunch at The Bazaar: A New Chef de Cuisine, Liquid Nitrogen Clouds, José Andrés and Power Tools

Brunch at The Bazaar has always been fun, a playful procession of wacky dishes and foaming drinks in a setting that looks rather like a cross between Monty Python and Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette. Last week, José Andrés himself was in his fun-house, which considerably upped the rah-rah factor. ... More >>

Human Beings Will Distill Anything: Celebrate National Tequila Day A Cocktail Recipe from José Andrés

Photo credit: Darko ZagarJosé Andrés's salt air margarita.Cheers to whomever thought to take the unlikely blue agave plant and distill it. More cheers to those who named a day after the cactus-based liquor--National Tequila Day--which is today. Good thing it's Friday. At the tequila Mecca Malo in ... More >>

Ludo Bites at Breadbar

Ludovic Lefebvre Brings Post-Molecular Gastronomy to Third Street

Mr. Steingarten Presents: His Favorite L.A. Restaurants Adventures with Mr. Gold

No, your Schnauzer didn't nibble all the food stories from your latest issue of Vogue. Jeffrey Steingarten's recent piece on his favorite Los Angeles restaurants, which was posted last ... More >>

Feed Your Habit: 10 Places to get your Ceviche Fix

Like many great dishes, the operating principles of ceviche are simple: take seafood, marinate it in citrus, occasionally throw in some spice. If that doesn't sound good to you, you're probably an idiot. Living in Los Angeles and not liking ceviche is a lot like living in Germany and not liking hard ... 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 >>