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Ludo Lefebvre

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    Rene Redzepi and Lars Williams at UCLA: Seaweed Ice Cream Cricket Sauce

    The crowd that gathered last night at UCLA's Moore Hall to hear chefs Rene Redzepi and Lars Williams and Professor Amy Rowat give a lecture on food and science had more fun than is customary at most academic gatherings. Redzepi, the chef and founder of Noma in Copenhagen, and Williams, the head of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Flavour Gallery T-Shirts: "I Don't SCREAM I Express Myself" Chef-Inspired Fashion

    If it's already one of those "Say YES CHEF and that's it" or "I don't SCREAM I express myself" sort of weeks, you're in luck. Flavour Gallery, the L.A. based t-shirt designer with an eye for dining-inspired designs, has expanded recently beyond their typical "swirl and sip" logos. The company began ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    California C.H.E.F.S. Host Foie Gras Super Dinner

    In protest of California's rapidly approaching foie gras ban, C.H.E.F.S. (the Coalition for Humane and Ethical Farming Standards), an organization that sounds like an maniacal conglomerate out of a James Bond film, or perhaps a culinary-slanted take on the Avengers, announced yesterday that it will ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    Foie Gras-loving Chefs Fight Ban With Last-ditch Petition

    When the ban on foie gras takes effect on July 1, Californians with a taste for foie will be reduced to copping the creamy tan stuff in little, perfect slugs squeezed into wax paper packets like opium. They'll slip from hand-to-hand on public transportation. Liver-laden trucks will trundle from ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    Best of LudoBites, the Foie Gras Edition: Lottery Starts Today at 10 a.m.

    It's time for the lottery, again -- no, not that $640 million jackpot, though those mega millions certainly would help paying for this one: Chef Ludo Lefebvre will be cooking a 5-course, $105 per person "Best of LudoBites: Foie Gras Night" on Tuesday, April 17 at Gram & Papa's, the Downtown eatery t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    5X5 Collaborative Chef Dinners Begin April 29

    From late April to September, a few of L.A.'s most acclaimed restaurants will offer a six-course tasting menu at $150 per person, not including wine pairings. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Special Olympics. If you're so inclined, stop reading and sigh. What else could be so bo-ring and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    10 Great Places To Dine Alone in L.A.

    "A is for dining alone," M.F.K. Fisher wrote in An Alphabet for Gourmets, "...and so am I, if a choice must be made between most people I know and myself." We feel ya, Fisher. Like Fisher, we would much rather dine alone, or not at all, if the alternative is being forced to indulge some twat droni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    10 Food Predictions for 2012

    ​2011 was quite a year in the Los Angeles dining scene. If you had told us a year ago that we'd be eagerly wolfing down plates of alligator schnitzel, polenta sushi, and corned beef tongue sandwiches from a Michael Voltaggio shop with the word "sack" in its title, we wouldn't have believed you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Chef Ludo Animal Flaunt Impending Foie Gras Ban

    With a state law that bans the sale of foie gras coming down the pipeline like so much corn meal down a duck's throat, trust a Frenchman to lead the chefs' rebellion against the impending foie gras ban. Chef Ludo Lefebvre has teamed with Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo to host a foie gras feast at Anima ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    Chefs to Defy Foie Gras Ban?

    Guzzle & NoshRabbit albondigas, teriyaki foie gras, green garlic tempura, miso broth by chef Laurent Quenioux at Starry Kitchen.​Foie gras, the delicacy beloved by gourmands and protested by animal rights activists, may be off California menus by next summer. SB 1520, which bans force-feeding ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    The LudoBites 7.0 Slideshow: Dept. of Vicarious Pleasures

    Colin Young-WolffLudoBites recipe book​ If you, like the zillion people who tried and failed to get reservations for LudoBites 7.0 opening night, which sold out in about the time it took to find your cell phone, were not able to witness much less consume Ludo Lefebvre's salt cod panna cotta an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    Q & A with Chef Sean Ehland, Part 2: The Best Thing He Ate at Noma, Plus Foraging in the Castle Yards

    Photo by Shauna Miller​In Part 1 of our interview with chef Sean Ehland, we learned his thoughts on the ever-present culinary school debate, as well as how he pestered his way into a stage at Noma via the restaurant's reservations email. In Part 2, we learn what working in such a sophisticated ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    L.A.'s Idea of Korean Food vs. What Koreans Really Eat

    ​ Our continuing series of Venn Food Diagrams has explored American regional and a smattering of international cuisines in no particular order or with any sense of geographic or cultural continuity. We're taking another random trip from the land of tater tot hot dish to the land of kimchi hot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Cookbook Review: Intoxicated Cupcakes: 41 Tipsy Treats

    ​Intoxicated Cupcakes: 41 Tipsy Treats, the latest in the recent onslaught of booze-drenched cake cookbooks, certainly isn't going after any James Beard awards. But it's summer. And so it's perfectly acceptable to have a strawberry daiquiri cupcake (p. 40) followed by a piña colada cupcake ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    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 >>

  • Art+Books

    June 30, 2011

    Paul Thek at the Hammer Museum and the History of Meat Art

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    LA Weekly Flickr Pool Reader Photo of the Day: Ludo's Octopus

    LA Weekly Flickr pool/MyLastBiteLudoBites octopus​ This LA Weekly Flickr pool photo comes to you from MyLastBite, a lovely shot of the crispy octopus, smokey chipotle and piquillo pepper polenta dish that Ludo Lefebvre served at his most recent LudoBites. It was a one night only event, very we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    Joseph Mahon's Burger Parlor: His Permanent Fullerton Burger Pop-up

    A. ScattergoodJoseph Mahon in the Bastide kitchen​ The trajectory of a fine dining chef these days is circuitous -- see: Ludo Lefebvre -- more often than not encompassing pit-stops, pop-ups, food trucks, food festivals, fried chicken epiphanies, grilled cheese sandwich trophies, then back to b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2011

    And Now, A Brief Message From Ludo Lefebvre

    Screenshot of Ludo Lefebvre's Twitter page​

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    And Now, A Brief Message From Ludo Lefebvre

    Screenshot of Ludo Lefebvre's Twitter page​

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 3/21-3/25

    Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "While waiting for Pho Minh to resurface (please, please, let it resurface), try Pho Filet, a couple of blocks away, which also has a delicious pho bac, highlighted by a slab of filet mignon that l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    And Now, A Brief Message From Ludo Lefebvre

    screenshot of Ludo Lefebvre's Twitter page​

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    LudoBites America: From Pop-up Restaurant to Television Show

    ​Ludo Lefebvre has taken his traveling pop-up concept LudoBites one step further, moving his migratory restaurant, which has lately popped up in downtown Los Angeles and Sherman Oaks, to the Sundance Channel. The LudoBites America show will debut in mid-July. "After having 6 really special L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Bastide (Officially) Names Sydney Hunter III New Chef

    Bastidechef Sydney Hunter III​For those of you who keep a running tally of the chefs at Bastide, Joe Pytka's Melrose Place restaurant, you can now officially put Sydney Hunter III's name up next to the Michelin inspector's Post-it jigsaw of Joseph Mahon, Paul Shoemaker, Walter Manzke, Ludo Lef ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    And Now, A Brief Message From Ludo Lefebvre

    screenshot of Ludo Lefebvre's Twitter page​

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    Cookbook Review: When You Want (Almost) Everything Vegan

    ​There was a time, not so long ago, when the word "vegan" meant complicated-to-source ingredients, fussy dishes and resolute advice from the occasional celebrity-driven or self-published vegan cookbook. Today it seems that every other new cookbook seems to tout one or more vegan characteristic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Breadbar's Black and Gold Bread Back for the Holidays

    K. Robbins​ What's black and gold and bread all over? Breadbar's seasonal Black and Gold bread, available now through December. While we'll admit to being partial to the squid ink that gives the classic pain de mie its shocking ebony color, we're equally won over by the loaf's glistening meta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Sweet Butter Kitchen: Market, Café, Kitchen A Ludo-approved Croque Monsieur

    A. ScattergoodSweet Butter Kitchen ​ For those of you who only head over to the San Fernando Valley when Ludo Lefebvre pops up on that side of the hill, there is another reason to actually go to Sherman Oaks. Open now for only six days, Sweet Butter Kitchen on Ventura Boulevard -- that's a fe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    Savory Now Open at Point Dume: Or, The Return of Paul Shoemaker

    A. Scattergoodroom with a view at Savory​ Perhaps it would be easier if we just fitted GPS locators on all of Joe Pytka's former chefs. Imagine an app that gave you the whereabouts and restaurant plans for Bastide exes Ludo Lefebvre, Walter Manzke, and Alain Giraud all at one time. Such an app ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Let's Meat: 2nd Annual Korean BBQ Cook-Off

    ​It's still summer, and that means you should probably be standing near a grill on a Saturday afternoon. But this coming Saturday, you can ignore the hot dogs and head over The Korean American Coalition's 2nd Annual Korean BBQ Cook-Off, at 3600 Wilshire Boulevard in Koreatown. Entrance is free ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Pop-Up Shop at Cube Downtown: Cooking Classes, Shopping, Ludo Coolhaus

    Amy SheridanCube overview.​Cube has announced another of their weekend pop-up events, to be held on Saturday, August 14th. Both a restaurant and a marketplace, the downtown institution will also play host to a series of classes. Cube café's executive chef Erin Eastland and pastry chef Jun Ta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2010

    Civilized Media for This Modern World: the Dinner Party Download

    ​ The Great Fire of London. Khrushchev's visit to Cedar Rapids. The origin of computer viruses. Muhammad Ali's skirmishes with the U.S. military. The creation of the peace sign. No, these facts aren't from a Jeopardy! audition drill, but instead trivia you could be learning from the Dinner Pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2010

    Chef Update: Nickel Diner Gets a New Pastry Chef

    Nickel Diner is not your ordinary diner, with dishes of pulled pork and quinoa and pozole sharing a menu with egg scrambles and the kind of donuts that often seem more like the Platonic ideal of a donut rather than the sort normally found on diner counters, next to cups of coffee and the atavistic m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    More Fun With Fried Chicken: Ludo Pops Up at Akasha

    LA Weekly Flickr pool/djjewelzLudo Lefebvre's fried chicken​ At the rate he's going, chef Ludo Lefebvre (LudoBites) may never need to open his own restaurant: he can just guest chef at this friends' restaurants. After Akasha Richmond went to the fried chicken dinner that Lefebvre and Eric Gree ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2010

    There Will Be Belly: The 2nd Annual Gold Standard Food and Wine Event

    If you happened to be looking for Octavio Becerra, Ludo Lefebvre, Leo Bulgarini or Susan Feniger yesterday, they were all at the Petersen Automotive Museum, and no, they weren't ogling over the Hot Wheels Hall of Fame. Ludo was busy churning cornichon sorbet out of his Pacojet to adorn cups of cold ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2010

    Playing Chicken at The Foundry: Chefs Ludo and Greenspan Cook a Chicken Dinner

    ​If two chefs feel like cooking together, maybe matching their different versions of a dish up for an evening of good food, they do not necessarily need a glitzy Kitchen Stadium and a bunch of Food Network TV cameras to do so. Sometimes one chef can just drop into another's restaurant, cook, h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    Top Chef Masters Season 2: Chef Contestants Announced

    Go find your knife kit and your remote. The second season of Bravo's Top Chef Masters is scheduled to premier on April 7th at 8 p.m. 22 chefs, including 6 who are returning from the first season, will compete for All That Plastic Wrap. (Okay, and charity money too.) This season's L.A. chefs includes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2009

    LA Chefs' New Year's Resolutions

    As the final hours of 2009 tick away, Angelenos dash off their New Year's resolutions like grocery lists. Food lovers are known to promise eating better and exercising more, but what to do the food makers of our city decree on New Years? We checked in with some of our city's top chefs to find out ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 11/30 - 12/04

    In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "There's a lightness to them in just about every aspect--the shade of brown, the breading and the weight, as if a particularly large one could keep you buoyant after a boating disaster.'" Squid Ink Food Fight: Falafel O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from LA Food Blogs

    -- Where local chefs eat, like in real life. [EAT: Los Angeles] -- Cookbook gifts for cooks (David Chang's Momofuku, etc.). [Daily Dish] -- Vote for the sexiest chef in Los Angeles. (Okay, Govind Armstrong. But actually being in LA is sexy too.) [Eater LA] -- Making mole with Ludo Lefebvre. Or, M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 11/2 - 11/6

    In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "My friend called me distraught. 'I just ate Iggy!'" Straight Outta Chocolate's Rock N' Roll Cakes: Joy Division & Iggy Pop, In Chocolate. "Cooking for me is a game. My life isn't boring, trust me!" LudoBites Re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    Sans Lease, Ludo Lefebvre Denies Restaurant Rumors

    Though Ludo Lefebvre may appreciate the swarm of attention surrounding his bid to find a permanent home for his transitory restaurant, Ludo Bites, the chef is less than happy with Eater LA's "confirmed tip" that he has taken over the vacant Rita Flora space. "It's a rumor," Lefebvre says. "I haven't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    Chefs Who Tweet: From Knives to Pacojets to iPhones

    It used to be that chefs needed mastery of culinary techniques, dedication, and a great work ethic to become successful. But now there's another requirement: social media skills. As the restaurant scene evolves, chefs are discovering that the dining public requires more than culinary technique and g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2009

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food

    In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "So you're just going to have to go with me on this: I was a baby bulimic." NYT restaurant critic Frank Bruni. "I'm dabbling in it and looking at becoming a chef." Keanu Reeves on molecular gastronomy. "There, ... More >>

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