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Jet Tila Appointed Thai Cuisine Ambassador

Jet Tila has been appointed the first Culinary Ambassador of Thai Cuisine by the Royal Thai Consul-General in Los Angeles, tasked with spreading awareness nationwide and making official his unofficial -- and longstanding -- role as a guide to the cuisine. Tila was tapped for the position after a m ... More >>

10 Best Foie Gras Dishes in Los Angeles

On July 1, the boom finally drops: The country's first statewide ban on foie gras goes into effect in California, making it illegal to serve or sell. For more on this, check out our critic Besha Rodell's consideration of the Last Days of Foie Gras. In honor of the work by chefs and kitchen staff do ... More >>

Q & A With Professor Amy Rowat: Food and Science at UCLA, Danish Gastro-physical Societies Experimental Cakes

If you've been attending UCLA's Science & Food lectures, which began in April and continue through next month, you'll know who Professor Amy Rowat is. She's the one who put the series together, whose happy task it was to find sand fleas and an old electric blanket for Rene Redzepi and Lars Williams ... More >>

Q & A With Joel Stein: The "Intolerable Foodie" on Organics, Foodie Culture Man Food

Readers of Joel Stein's column in Time Magazine may remember when Stein hobnobbed with the super-rich over bottles of wine valued more than $5,000 each. The night he sampled dishes in the Alinea kitchen inspired by Escoffier's 1903 cookbook. Or the time he gobbled up KFC's Double Down sandwich, made ... More >>

5 Best Martinis In Los Angeles

The handful of establishments that made our 5 Best Martinis in L.A. list are not notable for their martini happy hours, Kim Kardashian-friendly accommodations or cute cocktail names. They simply make a fine martini. Vodka or gin, dealer's choice or your choice, depending on how you like to roll on a ... More >>

LeBron James' $3,000 Cake Left Uneaten and Unpaid For

Only the best for the King. So went the line of thinking when a $3,000 birthday cake was deemed unworthy of Miami Heat basketball player LeBron James and promptly discarded. And now no one's left to pick up the tab. The Miami Herald reports that Boca Raton baker Alethea Hickman had received a frant ... More >>

10 Favorite Food Quotes in Simpsons' "The Food Wife"

L. Balla​The food media world was chomping at the bit to see last night's highly anticipated Simpsons episode. "The Food Wife" has Marge, Lisa and Bart write a food blog called The Three Mouthkateers as they make their way through the surprisingly eclectic Springfield food scene. There are sno ... More >>

PBS FOOD: PBS Launches Food Website

PBSJulia Child and Jacques Pépin​Another day, another food website. This latest site, however, was not launched by a grandmother who likes to bake chocolate croissants in her Reseda kitchen, a university food policy center or even a vegan start-up, but PBS. Who, of course, had us at Jacques P ... More >>

Q & A With Ruth Reichl: Gilt Taste, L.A. Food, The Role of The Restaurant Critic, Her Movie The Corrective of Food TV

As you probably know, Ruth Reichl was recently in town for a launch party at Mozza for Gilt Taste, the shopping-as-literature site of which she's the editorial advisor. We caught up with her over coffee at José Andrés' Tres: frilly patisserie, coffee urns, decor like Monty Python meets Versailles ... More >>

307 Restaurants Participate in dineLA Fall 2011 Restaurant Week

Anne FishbeinSpicy chicken pops at Lukshon.​Ever wanted to try the Lukshon's squid stuffed with fermented ground pork or spaghetti at Scarpetta but can't afford it? dineLA, which returns for 12 days in early October, might be your chance. The restaurant promo returns October 2-7 and 9-14, and ... More >>

Top 10: Most Kid-Unfriendly Restaurants in Los Angeles

Photo by Anne FishbeinIs there a pediatric burn specialist in the house? Soot Bull Jeep.​ Sometimes eating out with kids is all about the path of least resistance, which if you peruse OpenTable Diners' Choice list of the country's 100 most kid-friendly restaurants, seems to be the prevailing p ... More >>

Cookbook Review: Matt Armendariz's On A Stick!

​If you know local food photographer Matt Armendariz's work, you already know that he has an incredible talent for making the simplest dish of bacon-wrapped grilled shrimp skewers look like something "Oh, wow!" deserving that you might receive at José Andrés' Bazaar or other such molecular g ... More >>

Last Night: The 2011 James Beard Foundation Awards The Winners

J. RitzOutstanding Chef nom Suzanne Goin and Best NYC Chef winner Gabrielle Hamilton on the green carpet outside the JBFAs. ​ We Californians have a reputation, however fictional or exaggerated, for looking on the bright side of things. So when it comes to reporting on the 2011 James Beard Fou ... More >>

Cookbook Review: Avec Eric, A Culinary Travelogue Eric Ripert's Homemade Butter Recipe

​Ya, ya we all know not to judge a book by its cover. And then we do it anyway. Consider Avec Eric, the latest from Eric Ripert that looks like yet another food television show in hardcover form. And it is, complete with another hot-as-hell Top Chef judge as the star. But when you get into the ... More >>

A Molecular Gastronomy Class At Grace: From Lily Pads and Cabbage Leaves A Spherification Recipe

On a recent Monday morning a group of Los Angeles chefs and bartenders metaphorically traded their chef coats for lab coats at a food science class given by Fany Setiyo of Le Sanctuaire. Neal Fraser had set up the class at Grace restaurant for chefs wishing to learn more about molecular gastronomy ... More >>

James Beard Semifinalists Announced: The L.A. Edition

James Beard​This morning the James Beard Foundation announced the semifinalists for its 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards. Judges will vote to determine the final 5 nominees in each category, which will be announced on March 22nd. The winners will be announced at the Foundation's award party, ... More >>

Q & A With Andy Cook, Part 2: Risotto as Object Lesson, Cooking to Jazz & The Importance of Google Image

Andy Cook, executive chef at both Gordon Ramsay at the London West Hollywood and the month-old Boxwood Café, has been at the posh hotel since it opened in the summer of 2008. As we learned yesterday, Cook, a native of Birmingham, England, has become very fond of Los Angeles, of its weather and its ... More >>

Best of L.A.: Food and Drink

The eGullet Society Food Site: Forums (The World's Best Cookbooks), Discussions & Cookbook Recipe Testing

eGulleteGullet Society ​If you're surfing the web in the next few days, you might want to check in with the food website eGullet, which is doing a forum on the world's best cookbooks. Why? Because lists are inherently fun reading, and also because eGullet numbers among its members many of the ... More >>

La Española's Paella Saturday: A Family Meal for Seventy

La Española MeatsHow to feed a crowd​Every Saturday, the Spanish import shop La Española Meats serves paella for lunch on their outdoor patio. A lot of it. Juana Faraone, whose son-in-law Alex Motamedi manages the shop and the charcuterie factory attached to it, makes enough paella to feed ... More >>

Rivera, John Sedlar’s return to the kitchen

Tequila sunrise

The New Cocktailians

The farmers market–loving, sleeve garter–wearing ladies and gentlemen of the bar taking over L.A.'s restaurants one glass at a time

Super Fry

Jonathan Gold’s 99 Essential L.A. Restaurants

From A.O.C. to Zankou

Jonathan Gold’s 99 Essential L.A. Restaurants - Part 2

From The Hungry Cat to Providence

Post-Puck Generation

Cooking in the Age of Anxiety