Santa Monica Farmers' Market

Machneyuda Chefs Assaf Granit and Uri Navon Bring Israeli Cuisine Center Stage in L.A.

Check out Anne Fishbein's photo gallery of Assaf Granit and Uri Navon's Israeli dinner. On their first trip to Los Angeles, Israeli chefs Assaf Granit and Uri Navon wasted no time in getting to know some of this town's culinary habits. They shopped at the Santa Monica Farmers Market, partnered with ... More >>

Book Review: Farms with a Future 10 Tips For New Farmers (And MBAs)

Dreaming of ditching city life for your own farm share? Before you sign over the cash for those rolling hills, we highly recommend you read Farms with a Future: Creating and Growing a Sustainable Farm Business by Rebecca Thistlewaite, a former vegetarian turned farmer and livestock rancher (she dubs ... More >>

Q & A With Cheesemaker Christine Maguire: A Farm Stay At Rinconada Dairy Cheese, Jam, Bacon!

Fantastic handmade cheese, bacon from backyard pigs, and homemade jam made from farm fruit aren't exactly the typical Jane and Michael Stern road trip finds. If you've tried any of the cheeses crafted by Christine Maguire of Rinconada Dairy, a visit to the 92-acre ranch that she and her husband, Jim ... More >>

The Lazy Ox Chef Cycle: Josef Centeno to Travis Chase

The Lazy Ox Canteen is known for many things: The New American menu peppered with global influences. A soundtrack booming with The Animals and Soft Cell. The compact dining room outfitted with naked light bulbs and a pair of ox horns. Its unassuming setting -- a calm Little Tokyo street near Skid Ro ... More >>

Sugarfish To Open New Location in Calabasas

A new location of the popular Sugarfish sushi chain is under construction in Calabasas, expected to open this spring in the upscale shopping center The Commons. Sugarfish was launched in 2008 by renowned chef Kazunori Nozawa, who ran Sushi Nozawa in Studio City from 1985 until the restaurant closed ... More >>

10 Best Cookies in Los Angeles

Cookies! Santa sent us on a mission to find the best Los Angeles has to offer, and much like his naughty and nice scroll, our list was long. More than 38 suggestions came rolling in, and that was for individual stores, not varieties. It was sugar-shocking. We instantly decided to leave macarons alon ... More >>

Matthew Kenney's New Culinary School in Santa Monica Stirs The Local Gourmandise Pot

There's a new cooking school coming to town: chef Matthew Kenney's eponymous vegan culinary school is opening in Santa Monica this month (soft opening is Saturday), along with his vegan restaurant, M.A.K.E. The chef's growing empire includes restaurants in Chicago and Oklahoma City (where he also ha ... More >>

Santa Monica's Main Street Is a Green Fashion Hub, but Stores Are Fighting for Survival

More stories from our 2012 Fashion Issue on dressing ethically: *West Hollywood's New Fur Ban *Does L.A. Still Have Sweatshops? *Yael Aflalo's Reformation Makes Vintage Cool *Santa Monica's Main Street, a Green Fashion Hub *Three L.A. Designers Who Do Eco-Fashion Right The trees lining Santa Monica ... More >>

Cooking With Farmers: Coastal Organics' Epazote Susana Leyva's Frijoles de la Olla Recipe

Welcome to a new series on cooking with farmers. Not just farmers, but also the farm stand workers who patiently calculate your erratic "one bunch of this/two of that" weekly tab. And the guy whom you've likely never seen because he's stationed in the back of a truck, trying not to smash the basil a ... More >>

Rubus Ursinus: A Guide to the Elusive Pacific Blackberry

Local Cookbook: Josiah Citrin's In the Pursuit of Excellence, or How to Snag a Mélisse Dinner for Under $30, Ingredients Not Included

To offset the joyous deluge of promotional Valentine's Day dinner menus and Groupon chocolate deals that keeps our remote email accounts buzzing this time of year, we offer Mélisse chef-owner Josiah Citrin's new cookbook, In the Pursuit of Excellence, as a satisfying alternative. It's the sort of c ... More >>

Jonathan Gold's Angeli Caffe Eulogy

Evan Kleiman's beloved Melrose Avenue trattoria closes after 27 years

Meet Kinny Jung, The Potato Guy At Weiser Farms' Wearing The John Wayne Hat His Mashed Potato Secrets

Sure, your local farmer's market is a great place to find produce. But it can also be a great place to find a circa 1968 hard hat from the John Wayne movie Hellfighters. "Yeah, I collect quirky things," said Kinny Jung, whom you'll often find working behind Weiser Farms' stand at the Wednesday and S ... More >>

Meet Your Food Blogger: Adam Roberts of The Amateur Gourmet

Adam Roberts is one of those food blogger-turned-published authors whose success makes the rest of us drool. He created his blog, "The Amateur Gourmet," in 2004 while studying law at Emory University. "I'd come home from a long day of law school, my brain would be fried, and the only thing I could ... More >>

Maison Giraud Opening Very Soon

Anne FishbeinAlain Giraud (left) in the kitchen at Anisette Brasserie.​If you caught this weekend's episode of Good Food on KCRW, you'll know that Laura Avery who does the Market Report for the show ran into chef Alain Giraud -- "with his signature sweater and shopping bag" -- at the Santa Mon ... More >>

Inside Valerie Confections: The Upcoming Cookbook How To Score Good Free Chocolate

Just when you get "Yeah, I'm pretty swamped" out of your mouth, you spend a little time with someone whom you are more than happy to concede that title -- people like Valerie Gordon, who along with her partner, Stan Weightman, Jr., own Valerie Confections. They opened the small chocolate shop seven ... More >>

Top 5 Weekend Food Events: Oktoberfest, Taste of Taiwan, GOOD Food Festival, KCRW Pie Contest, Pig Parts and Beer

Guzzle & NoshIt's always a party when you bring out the pig's head.​ Farid Zadi's 2nd annual couscous festival, originally scheduled for Sunday, was cancelled (of cous, it was) as the chef is in the process of opening his first restaurant, but you can still head out to Arcadia for the Greek F ... More >>

The Chef vs. The Sommelier: Fig Restaurant's Pinot Chardonnay Face-Off

flickr user cherylknauerPinot or Chardonnay?​When we popped by Fig in Santa Monica recently for a Happy Hour glass of wine, sommelier Matthew Lehman was happy to chat about the new Fig Pinot Noir we spied on the menu -- Lehman helped make it under the watchful eye of La Fenetre winemaker Josh ... More >>

Taste of Tehachapi Farm Dinners: Vultures, Angry Ostriches L.A. Chefs

Flickr user photography hoboOstrich Burger From Lulu's Cafe on Beverly​There are the typical farmers market discussions involving the final peach season days and those first fall apples. And then there are the back alley conversations about angry ostriches and vulture migrations, like the one ... More >>

Elderly Santa Monica Woman Plows Through Crowd of Children at Fourth of July Parade

Perez HiltonThe Affleck children, just out of harm's way.​If you didn't hear about the near-disastrous car crash during Santa Monica's otherwise idyllic (bike traffic notwithstanding) Fourth of July parade last Monday, it's because the old woman behind the wheel, and the group of children she ... More >>

Black Mission Figs from Pudwill Berry Farms

A. ScattergoodBlack Mission Figs from Pudwill Berry Farms​ Though Randy Pudwill has spent decades in the fields as owner of Pudwill Berry Farms, as a child, his first taste of figs reminded him of the supermarket. "I thought, 'Wow, that tastes like a Fig Newtons. And then I realized they were ... More >>

Olive Oil Taste-Off: The Best Value For The Price, The California Edition

JGarbeeThe Winner's Podium​A California version of our Olive Oil Taste-Off was inevitable, if only in short-order form. And it's just in time for an updated report from the UC Davis Olive Center and crew, the folks who brought us the highly controversial reports last summer questioning whether ... More >>

Last Night at Test Kitchen with Alain Giraud

Guzzle & NoshLast night at Test Kitchen LA with Alain Giraud.​ Last night, Alain Giraud made a spectacular debut on the first of his four nights at Test Kitchen LA. Then the chef warned diners they should return later in his run because the first night is always a bit rocky. The man sets a hi ... More >>

Valerie At The Market: New Santa Monica Stand Serves Sweet Savory Pastries (But No Jam Sandwiches)

J. GarbeeSweet and Savory Pastries​Among the most talked-about swaps a few weeks ago with all the food vendor changes at the four Santa Monica Farmers' markets was Valerie Confections taking over at the Saturday downtown/Arizona market where the The BreadMan once held court. And so we checked ... More >>

EAT: Los Angeles 2011 Edition Out October 4th

Prospect Park Books​Among the top 10 ways you can ID a food lover in this town: the car radio channel set to KCRW, the amount of time racked up in the Chego parking lot, the crumpled plates from food truck visits on the back seat, a bottle of hot sauce in the glove compartment, the Jonathan Go ... More >>

Cooking in Highland Park: The Book

Felicia FriesemaCooking in Highland Park...in Highland Park​ Locally focused cookbooks aren't uncommon in Los Angeles. There's the Santa Monica Farmers Market cookbook, The California Heritage Cookbook, Nancy Silverton's Sandwich Book, Sunday Suppers at Lucques, and on and on. But you can p ... More >>

Top 10 Cocktails Inspired by Los Angeles A Mulholland Drive Cocktail Recipe

The Beachcomber CafeThe Beachcomber's Surfrider Cocktail​ New York has the Manhattan, Moscow the Moscow Mule. Even Long Island has a cocktail named after it. But what is Los Angeles' signature cocktail? Something to immortalize the City of Angels in drink? Fortunately, local bars, whether insp ... More >>

Fig Out

Whether you swing carnivore or vegan, Ray Garcia has you covered — or wrapped

House Style

Neither Cora’s nor Capo, and 10 miles east

Cube: Cornucopia Squared

Where does the shopping end and the eating begin — or vice versa?

The 10 Best Dishes of 2008

Hot dogs and hominy, blowfish and a fine cup of joe

Where To Eat Now

Gross Political Negligence

Baa to the Bone

Self Serve

Chosun Galbi, a pleasant restaurant with the patio-side glamour of a Beverly Hills garden party.

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

Problems in Paradise

On the campaign trail with the three who would represent the ultimate NIMBY district

Post-Puck Generation

Cooking in the Age of Anxiety

Fajita pitas, Octopus Tacos, and the Birth of California Cuisine

25 moments — over 25 years — in L.A. restaurants