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May 25, 2012
Ricardo Zarate's New Mo-Chica: Sangrecita, Paiche More Ceviche
Ricardo Zarate wants you to know something before checking out his new Mo-Chica. Slated to open Wednesday, May 30, it replaces an earlier version of the same name that closed yesterday. "Peru. It's in South America," says Zarate, mock-serious. "Its limits are Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia and C ... More >>
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May 22, 2012
Ricardo Zarate Closes One Mo-Chica May 24 Opens Another May 30
This Thursday probably won't be your last chance to try chef Ricardo Zarate's renditions of Peruvian staples such as aji de gallina or lomo saltado. But it could be your final opportunity to eat them at Mercado la Paloma -- the colorful warehouse-turned-marketplace just south of downtown. Zarate has ... More >>
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May 2, 2012
Chefs' Worst Kitchen Injuries: More Fun Behind the Stoves
Cooking can be dangerous, as anyone who has spent much time in a kitchen can attest to. Now consider the hazards of a career surrounded by flames, super heated liquids and sharp objects. So we queried some notable area chefs (Ricardo Zarate! Michael Voltaggio! Eric Greenspan!) for the stories behin ... More >>
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December 19, 2011
11 New Restaurants for New Year's Eve
Anne FishbeinPiccaOn New Year's Eve, restaurants celebrate with live bands, festive décor, theme dinners, exceptional ingredients, multi-course meals, tasting menus and endless glasses of bubbly. How to choose the best spot? We've selected 11 restaurants that opened in 2011 to represent a ... More >>
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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 >>
Eat+Drink
November 10, 2011
Picca: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011
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 >>
Eat+Drink
November 10, 2011
Mo-Chica: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011
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 >>
Eat+Drink
September 15, 2011
Jonathan Gold Reviews Picca
At Ricardo Zarate's restaurant, Peruvian meets the Japanese izakaya
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September 15, 2011
Your Counter Intelligence Preview: In Which Mr. Gold Considers Picca
Anne FishbeinPicca This week, Jonathan Gold considers Picca, Ricardo Zarate's bright red new restaurant on Pico Boulevard (the alliteration is purposeful), the state of Peruvian cuisine and -- albeit briefly -- the culinary dream team recently assembled in Lima. Any good chef in town is lik ... More >>
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September 14, 2011
Sneak Peak: Osaka Opens in Hollywood [Photo Gallery]
Guzzle & NoshThe sushi bar at Osaka.Adolfo Suaya's (BoHo, Surly Goat) newest restaurant, the Peruvian-Asian concept Osaka, officially opens tomorrow. Given the wave of new Peruvian restaurants like Picca, which offers Ricardo Zarate's spin on Peruvian-Japanese fare, and Chimu, which features ... More >>
Blogs
September 13, 2011
Test Kitchen Alumni Return for Anniversary
Guzzle & NoshSotto's boscaiola pizza; the exterior of the two restaurants; Picca's mollejita.Next Monday, the former Test Kitchen space celebrates its 1-year anniversary with the return of several high-profile TK alumni to the kitchens. Upstairs at Picca, chef Ricardo Zarate will host Kogi im ... More >>
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August 2, 2011
Food News Roundup: Lots of Pie, 200 Year-old Desserts Teaching Kanye West to Cook
-- Gordon Ramsay teaches Kanye West how to cook. [The Mirror] -- How to make a 200 year-old dessert. [Zester Daily] -- How to open your own pop-up restaurant. [Forbes via food52] -- Pie-a-day #45, or white peach-brown sugar tart. [Good Food] -- Ricardo Zarate and Gary Menes cook a dinner ben ... More >>
Eat+Drink
July 21, 2011
Jonathan Gold Reviews Chimu
-- Gordon Ramsay teaches Kanye West how to cook. [The Mirror] -- How to make a 200 year-old dessert. [Zester Daily] -- How to open your own pop-up restaurant. [Forbes via food52] -- Pie-a-day #45, or white peach-brown sugar tart. [Good Food] -- Ricardo Zarate and Gary Menes cook a dinner ben ... More >>
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July 18, 2011
LA Street Food Fest: Photo Gallery
Carmageddon? Where? The traffic-nightmare-that-never-was (westside to Pasadena in under 30 minutes!!!) may have kept cars off the road and eaters from attending LA Street Food Fest, but their loss was our gain. With few lines, we managed to sample from EVERY vendor at the festival. Yes, every v ... More >>
Eat+Drink
July 14, 2011
Jonathan Gold Reviews Picca
Carmageddon? Where? The traffic-nightmare-that-never-was (westside to Pasadena in under 30 minutes!!!) may have kept cars off the road and eaters from attending LA Street Food Fest, but their loss was our gain. With few lines, we managed to sample from EVERY vendor at the festival. Yes, every v ... More >>
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July 13, 2011
First Bite: Picca Mixes Peruvian Flavors With Sushi Aesthetic
F. FriesemaJonagold apples If you look at restaurants as movies, and sometimes it's hard not to, Picca is one of those places whose trailers seem to have been running forever. There's Mo-Chica, of course, where Ricardo Zarate first came up with his concept of modern Peruvian food, and his gue ... More >>
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July 1, 2011
A June Roundup of Restaurant Openings and Closures
Guzzle & NoshPollo with rocoto sauce from Ricardo Zarate's new restaurant, Picca With June gloom finally behind us, we begin to kvetch about the heat. Those living in the Valley with no A/C will soon be fleeing to the nearest restaurant, bar, and grocery market ice box. With the emergence of ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
Picca: A Sneak Peek into Ricardo Zarate's New Restaurant
Picca, Ricardo Zarate's west LA version of a Latin American cantina, opens June 25th. Where Mo-Chica is classic Peruvian food, Picca is decidedly modern, driven by small plates with a heavy Japanese influence. The menu is split into five sections, weighted toward causas shaped like sushi nigiri ... More >>
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May 24, 2011
Ricardo Zarate: King of Ceviche
Kevin ScanlonRicardo Zarate Ricardo Zarate's path has been a little more circuitous even than most chefs', a peripatetic lot in general. His life in the kitchen began in his native Lima, Peru, where as a teenager he cooked banquets for hundreds and learned from a friend's mother how to make s ... More >>
LA Life
May 19, 2011
Ricardo Zarate: King of Ceviche
Kevin ScanlonRicardo Zarate Ricardo Zarate's path has been a little more circuitous even than most chefs', a peripatetic lot in general. His life in the kitchen began in his native Lima, Peru, where as a teenager he cooked banquets for hundreds and learned from a friend's mother how to make s ... More >>
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May 18, 2011
Rustic Mondays Return to Fraîche with Chef Jason Fulilove
The second iteration of Rustic Monday hits Fraîche on May 30th and features chef Jason Fulilove (Da Vinci, Desert Rose), who's preparing to open the Curious Palate at The Market in Santa Monica Place. He joins Fraîche chef Ben Bailly this bit of friendly rivalry. It's a three-course, prix ... More >>
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April 29, 2011
Local's Jason Michaud to Open 2 New Restaurants: Chimú & Red Hill
Guzzle & NoshChimu, slated to open next to the Grand Central Market in downtown LA.Jason Michaud doesn't do things by half-measures. Deep into the arduous and expensive process of securing a liquor license for Local, his two-and-a-half-year-old Silver Lake cafe, he's opening two new restauran ... More >>
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April 25, 2011
Grilled Cheese Invitational: We Came, We Saw, We Curdled [Photo Gallery]
Guzzle & NoshScenes from the 2011 Grilled Cheese Invitational. (Photo Gallery after the jump.)The griddles have grown cold, the butter has congealed. As the 2nd 8th Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational (a.k.a. the 2011 GCI) recedes into memory, the losers bandage their burned fingers and the v ... More >>
Eat+Drink
April 7, 2011
Jonathan Gold Reviews Mo-Chica
Guzzle & NoshScenes from the 2011 Grilled Cheese Invitational. (Photo Gallery after the jump.)The griddles have grown cold, the butter has congealed. As the 2nd 8th Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational (a.k.a. the 2011 GCI) recedes into memory, the losers bandage their burned fingers and the v ... More >>
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April 6, 2011
Ricardo Zarate Wins Food & Wine Best New Chef The Rest of the Winners
Anne Fishbein Last night Food & Wine announced their awards for this year's Best New Chefs. The ten winners, picked from around the country, included one chef from Los Angeles: Ricardo Zarate of Mo-Chica, who can now add this award to his accolades, which include showing up on Coca-Cola billb ... More >>
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April 5, 2011
Ask Mr. Gold: What's The Big Deal With Quinoa?
Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant critic Dear Mr. Gold: What's the big deal with quinoa? I couldn't even pronounce it right when I first saw it on the menu at Hugo's in Studio City. Then I saw it at Trader Joe's and then I saw it everywhere. It has probably been around forever, but has on ... More >>
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April 4, 2011
Food News Roundup: Tabasco Reports, Tips Reflect Breast Size Mad Men Cocktails
-- Matt Armendariz reports from Avery Island and the center of the Tabasco universe. [Matt Bites] -- The larger the breasts, the bigger the gratuity. (This is not a surprise, is it?) [LA Observed] -- America's Weirdest Restaurants. [CNBC] -- Ricardo Zarate fights hunger in his native Peru via ... More >>
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March 10, 2011
What's in Season at the Farmers Markets: Spring Artichokes A Recipe for Ricardo Zarate's Grilled Baby Artichokes
Felicia FriesemaArtichokes from Tutti Frutti Farms at the Hollywood market. We're hard-pressed to think of a more primal springtime food than the artichoke. Favas, maybe, with their gravid bean-filled pods, which showed up this week at the Hollywood market (Valdivia Farms). But after a wint ... More >>
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March 2, 2011
Food & Wine Best New Chef 2011, The People's Edition: Ricardo Zarate Wins Pacific Region
The results are in for Food & Wine magazine's "The People's Best New Chefs" awards, and Ricardo Zarate has won for the Pacific region. Congratulations, chef. Hope you're back from Peru for the party. Jamie Bissonnette of Coppa in Boston is the overall winner. Zarate and the other finalists ... More >>
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February 15, 2011
Food & Wine Best New Chef 2011, The People's Edition: Vote Now
2011 may well be the year of the grassroots movement, whether that be in politics abroad or in considerably less important matters here at home. Food & Wine, which has annually named the best new chefs in the country since 1998, this year has given the vote to the rest of us. Starting today, ... More >>
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January 17, 2011
[Updated] The Gold Standard 2011: So Much Food, So Little Time
Update: The Weekly just announced a special presale for this year's Gold Standard tickets, starting today. Save $10 on both regular and VIP tickets. Enter promo code GOLD 11 when purchasing online or calling 1-888-878-9651. Discount available only until 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 20. The ... More >>
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December 10, 2010
Test Kitchen's Final Night: Alums Come Together To Feed You For A Good Cause
Flickr/Muy Yum Monday, December 13th, may be Test Kitchen's final dinner service, but Bill Chait and Brian Saltsburg's restaurant experiment is going out with a big-time culinary (and charitable) bang. For $150/person, Test Kitchen and non-profits Share Our Strength and Gettlove, are bringin ... More >>
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December 5, 2010
[Updated] Mo-Chica (Not Yet) Moving to Downtown
Anne Fishbein Update: I spoke to Ricardo Zarate, who says he has absolutely NOT signed a lease on a new location for Mo-Chica. When he does, it will probably be to open a second location but not to close down the first. The leak was the work of an over-eager real estate agent. Zarate tells me ... More >>
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December 2, 2010
Sotto & Picca Opening in Test Kitchen Space
As Test Kitchen, LA's experiment in musical chefs, takes its victory lap and bids farewell, the concept is already being transformed into something less temporal featuring two (semi-)permanent restaurants and a bar. In late January, Steve Samson and Zach Pollack will open Sotto, their Italian res ... More >>
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September 2, 2010
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 >>
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August 27, 2010
Your Walter Manzke Update: 4 Days at Test Kitchen, El Bulli, Chicago, Etc.
A. ScattergoodSanta Barbara prawn with brown butter, lemon and capers As you will know if you read Jonathan Gold's most recent review, the Test Kitchen has been up and running for a few weeks now, featuring a rotating group of chefs like guest performers in a how-do-you-get-reservations-for- ... More >>
Eat+Drink
August 26, 2010
Test Kitchen: Never-Ending Experiment
Invented anew every night
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August 17, 2010
Test Kitchen Opens Tomorrow: Red Medicine's Chef Jordan Khan Is First Up
Test KitchenHave you ever been to a restaurant and left wondering, for good or bad, "What was the chef thinking with that menu?" Well, now you can find out. Test Kitchen, a new restaurant concept by Bill Chait (Rivera, Spark Woodfire Grill) and Brian Saltsburg (Boyz Night Out Supper Club) is ... More >>
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July 9, 2010
Profits for Peace: Dine Out To Support Human Rights
Program for Torture Victims All this month, certain LA-based restaurants will be donating their proceeds to Profits For Peace, a program that raises funds for the Program for Torture Victims. If you mention the Program for Torture Victims, or present a coupon at participating restaurants -- ... More >>
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July 1, 2010
BreadBar's Hatchi Mix Series: Tequila in Three Magic Acts
Steve JulianJulian Cox, Mixologist at Rivera Julian Cox, Mixologist at Rivera, is popping up this Thursday as the latest participant of Breadbar's Hatchi Mix Series. Cox will be sharing his Tequila in Three Magical Acts menu tonight, July 1st, only from 6 p.m. to close, serving up eight tequi ... More >>
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June 25, 2010
Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 6/21-6/25
In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Do I ever feel like giving alternative advice, suggesting you pick up Thai barbecued chickens at Sapp Coffee Shop, an armful of barbecued goat ribs at Phong Dinh or a sackful of barbecued quail at Marouch? Sure, all th ... More >>
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June 24, 2010
A Recipe From the Chef: Ricardo Zarate's Aji de Gallina
On the current menu at Mo-Chica, along with risotto made with quinoa instead of the customary arborio, and the absolutely stunning ceviche, you'll find Aji de Gallina, a homey dish that Mo-Chica chef Ricardo Zarate says dates to when the Spanish brought African slaves to Peru. The slaves were instal ... More >>
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June 23, 2010
Q & A With Mo-Chica's Ricardo Zarate: Moche, Ditching the Venice Commute A New Anticucho Bar
Go slightly south of downtown, to a concrete and warehouse neighborhood just off the 110, inside the colorful market of La Paloma Mercado, and you'll find, in addition to the last remaining outpost of Chichen Itza, Mo-Chica, undoubtedly the best Peruvian restaurant in Los Angeles. Behind the casua ... More >>
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October 29, 2009
BreadBar Hatchi Series Heats Up Through Winter
Seats are filling fast for the Century City BreadBar Hatchi series, dinners featuring 8 gourmet dishes for $8 dollars each (with a 3 dish minimum). The event, created by BreadBar and chef Noriyuki Sugie invites different guest chefs every month to cook up their own stylized small plates. Tonight's ... More >>
Eat+Drink
August 27, 2009
Jonathan Gold’s 99 Essential L.A. Restaurants
Between a tweet and a truck
Eat+Drink
May 28, 2009
Mo-Chica: The Best Peruvian Ceviche Might Be in a Warehouse South of Downtown
Raw deal
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