Krissy Lefebvre

Trois Mec Opens for Registration, Reservations Dinner

As you doubtless know by now, chefs Vinny Dotolo and Jon Shook (Animal, Son of a Gun) and Ludo Lefebvre (LudoBites, LudoTruck) are opening a restaurant together, kind of like the foodist's ideal mashup of time, place, cuisine and ethos. After much waiting and many rumors, Trois Mec, which means "thr ... More >>

LudoBites 10: Reservation Lines Open Today at 11 a.m.

Time to find your phone and pretend to be doing something Really Important at work in about two hours. Because instead of having a conference call with your kid's teacher or calling your congressman to register how pissed you are at what's going on in Washington, you'll be making reservations for th ... More >>

Chaos Muppet Restaurants vs. Order Muppet Restaurants

A few weeks ago, Dahlia Lithwick wrote a piece for Slate in which she set forth The Muppet Theory of Humanity: We all can essentially be described as a Kermit or a Miss Piggy, a Bert or an Ernie, or, more generally, an Order Muppet or a Chaos Muppet. She applied this theory to everyone from Chief J ... More >>

LudoBites, The Cookbook: Pre-Order Now A Recipe For Ludo's Foie Gras Miso Soup

For all of you who constantly check Los Angeles chef Ludo Lefebvre's Twitter feed and LudoBites website for updates on his latest pop-up, who surf the Sundance Channel and drive by Gram & Papa's to check for rooster paraphernalia, who DM the chef and his wife offers of babysitting, soon you can thum ... More >>

So Who Got LudoBites Valentine's Day Reservations? And the Winners Are...

For all of you who commented over the last two days, hoping to get a LudoBites 8 reservation for Valentine's Day, we applaud you. The backstory: After we named LudoBites the best place to get a romantic dinner the other day, Krissy Lefebvre told us that she did indeed have two spots open for Valenti ... More >>

Get a LudoBites Reservation for Valentine's Day: Make Your Pitch in the Comments Section -- You Have 48 Hours Starting Now

Since we just named LudoBites as the most Romantic Restaurant in L.A., and thus perhaps the place to take your date for Valentine's Day -- assuming you have a date, assuming your date is not a PETA spokesperson -- it seemed kind of cruel and heartless not to enable this in some way. Thankfully Kriss ... More >>

LudoBites 8: Starting This Month at Lemon Moon Lottery Reservations

​Ah, you know the drill. Set your alarm for X minutes before the reservation lines open (caffeine, Prozac). If you're successful, go off to dream your foie gras cupcake dreams. If you are not, start tweeting Krissy offers of free babysitting. Then get ready to put on your Ludo groupie t-shirt ... More >>

LudoBites: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

Ashley James' Cuisine Culture: From Four Seasons Beverly Hills to PBS

Kathy A. McDonaldTelegenic chef Ashley James with hotel garden-grown tomatoes​You've heard of the casting couch, how about the casting kitchen? Fresh from behind the stove, L.A. chefs, with their proximity to TV producers, seem to have a lock on new TV food shows this year. Ludo and Krissy Lef ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Reviews LudoBites 7.0

LudoBites 7.0: Distilled Christmas Trees and Freedom

F. FriesemaJonagold apples​ We have been down this road before, you and I, six-point-oh times at least. Ludovic Lefebvre cooks an exquisite dinner in a space not designed to accommodate dinner. Reservations are difficult to get, sometimes extraordinarily difficult. You feel slightly foolish wa ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 7/18-7/22

Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "It is quite true: Korean fried chicken is the new black. Or was the new black three ago when the chicken wars began to get nasty, but that's another story." The New KFC: Korean Fried Chicken. "On ... More >>

Q & A with Chef Ludo and Krissy Lefebvre: Ludo Bites America, and It's Delicious

Photo by Colin Young-Wolff.​If you're one of the many who scorned OpenTable (or maybe just your slow connection?) last week for not letting you snag one of the coveted spots at LudoBites 007, take heart. There's a smidge of a consolation prize we can all enjoy in the form of Ludo Bites America ... More >>

And Now, A Brief Message From @FrenchChefWife (Or, You Guys Maybe Need A Permanent Restaurant)

Screenshot of Krissy Lefebvre's Twitter page​

An Open Letter to OpenTable re: LudoBites 007

​ Dear OpenTable: Every time LudoBites has announced a new Los Angeles residency, we've jumped, panting and salivating, like the proverbial Pavlovian dog. And every time, we've experienced the horror and heartbreak of the OpenTable reservation system. It's slow. It's prone to crashes. It's ... More >>

LudoBites 7.0 The LudoBites Cookbook

​ Ludo Lefebvre is back in town, after a few months traveling with and filming for the Sundance Channel -- LudoBites America airs July 19th -- and thus anther incarnation of LudoBites has now been finalized. This is LudoBites 7.0 if you and Sam Sifton are counting, and no, you won't have to br ... More >>

And Now, A Brief Message From @FrenchChefWife

Screenshot of Krissy Lefebvre's Twitter page​

LudoBites 6.0: Coming to Max Restaurant in Sherman Oaks

LudoBites​ For everyone who has been pining for LudoBites, chef Ludovic Lefebvre's moveable feast of a restaurant, since the last edition at Gram & Papa's ended, you can start your emailing and tweeting again now. The next edition of LudoBites -- this is now 6.0, if you and Sam Sifton are cou ... More >>

There Will Always Be a Caramel Souffle

Ludobites 5.0 and beyond

First Bite: There Will Always Be a Caramel Soufflé, or Ludobites 5.0 and Beyond

Christie BishopJonagold apple, portions removed​As the months turn, stone fruit ripens, and the Dodgers suffer another round of midsummer blues, so too does LudoBites return to Gram & Papa's, the garmento lunch counter that hosted the pop-up restaurant's greatest success. Krissy Lefebvre roams ... More >>

LudoBites 5.0: If It Ain't Broke Don't Fix It, or Gram & Papa's, Part 2

Max WangerLudo Lefebvre feeding a rooster​ Ludovic Lefebvre is reopening his traveling restaurant, LudoBites, again next month, which would make this incarnation number 5.0 of the chef's pop-up culinary show. From July 21st to September 3rd, LudoBites will again be taking over the downtown san ... More >>

LudoBites 4.0: The Gram and Papa's Downtown Edition

LudoBites ​ The fourth edition of LudoBites, Ludovic Lefebvre's traveling pop-up restaurant show, will begin a 2 month stint at Gram & Papa's in April. LudoBites 4.0 will run from April 8th to May 28th at the downtown restaurant, with Lefebvre serving his new dinner menu (still in the works) ... More >>

The Vicissitudes of Guerilla Cuisine: A La Carte to Prix Fixe at LudoBites

Pop-up restaurants can be challenging for many reasons, not least being the difficulty of adapting to a new space that is by definition temporary. Ludo Lefebvre knew that running LudoBites out of Royal/T's Japanese-style cosplay café in Culver City would be difficult, particularly as the space does ... More >>

Ludo Lefebvre Debuts LudoBites at Royal/T: Foie Gras Beignets, A Lightbox A Few New Openings

On Tuesday night, a group of local food bloggers were invited by the website FoodDigger to enjoy a hosted sneak preview of chef Ludovic Lefebvre's second LudoBites pop-up restaurant, which launched yesterday in the Culver City cosplay tea house, Royal/T Cafe. Since LudoBites will occupy the space fo ... More >>

Q&A With Kristine Lefebvre: Trade Secrets, Stealing Recipes, Restaurant Rumors & Why Paula Deen is A Ludo Fan

Kristine Lefebvre is a lot more than her twitter name (@FrenchChefWife) would indicate. The former Apprentice finalist (and yes, Playboy covergirl) is a corporate transactional attorney who specializes in intellectual property law. As such, she's her chef-husband Ludo Lefebvre's (Ludo Bites) attorne ... More >>