Susan Feniger

Meatless Mondays: Homestyle Taiwanese at Bean Sprouts Restaurant in Arcadia

Taiwanese cuisine has gained recognition for its street food, night market eats, and even beef noodle soup, but what might be overlooked is the accessibility of vegetarian fare throughout the island. A Jan. 13, 2011, article published in CommonWealth Magazine reported that flexible vegetarianism bec ... More >>

Tax Day Food and Drink Specials

There are few days of the year that we dread more than Tax Day. Sympathetic to our plight, there are several local restaurants and national chains offering specials on food and/or drink, ranging from appetizers to a rib meal to cocktails. Turn the page for coupons and specials. Except for Chili's, t ... More >>

Happy National Caramel Popcorn Day: 5 Places to Eat Bacon Popcorn Instead

We're told April 6 is National Caramel Popcorn Day, but aside from the concession stands at The Arclight and Dodger Stadium, we're not seeing too much caramel corn in this town. Instead, a different kind of corn is popping up on L.A. menus, and it's got one thing in common: bacon. Sometimes, you can ... More >>

Top 4 Weekend Food Events: Brunch Class, Bar Crawl, Coffee Talk Wine Tour

Brunch Cooking Class Learn to cook a Mexican-inspired brunch from Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger. The chefs will demonstrate how to make Border Bloody Maria; guava empanada; heirloom bean and bacon tostada; Peruvian shrimp and grits; and La Bomba rice pudding. WHAT: Brunch Cooking Class WHEN: ... More >>

Food Trucks Booted From LACMA Area During Day

Food trucks, those ubiquitous attractions along Wilshire Boulevard's Museum Row for hipsters and tourists alike, are getting the boot. The L.A. City Council voted last week to prohibit the trucks from parking on Wilshire between Fairfax Avenue and La Brea Avenue between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Is this a ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 8/27 - 8/31

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Yes, a paleta is an ice pop, in the same way that a square is a rectangle, which is to say it's frozen and has a stick." 10 Best Paletas in Los Angeles. "We have a notoriously low percentage of passport holders. I don't unde ... More >>

LuckyRice Night Market Debuts in Los Angeles

It looks likes 2012 might well be remembered as the year of the Asian-inspired "night market." After a successful second round of Pasadena's 626 Night Market, New York-based festival LuckyRice hosted its first L.A. market at the Helms Bakery complex with help from Lukshon chef Sang Yoon. Guests we ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 7/30 - 8/3

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Aside from the chocolate covered blueberries, the best part of Shutters, he says, is the ocean view." Top 5 L.A. Hotels for Room Service, According to Adam Richman. "Cocktail, schmocktail: When it comes to a party, Oregon's ... More >>

Diana Kennedy Holds Book Signing at LACMA

Have you checked out Diana Kennedy's 2010 cookbook Oaxaca al Gusto: An Infinite Gastronomy? Because if you have, and you really should, you'll notice it feels a little more academic than most cookbooks: It was commissioned by a governor of Oaxaca in order to catalog the state's regional cuisine. Oax ... More >>

Top 6 Weekend Food Events: Rick Bayless at Red O, Tequila Dinner, Rabbit Dinner, Mole Tour, Salsa 101 Design-n-Dim Sum Bike Tour

Rick Bayless at Red O On the occasion of Red O's second anniversary, chef Rick Bayless stops by during Street Food Social Hour to mingle and sign his latest cookbook, Fiesta at Rick's. Then he's in the kitchen during dinner, offering the strawberry shortcake gratis with each meal. WHAT: Rick Bayless ... More >>

Mother's Day Flowchart: Where to Take Your Mom for Brunch

Mother's Day is on Sunday, which, depending on your relationship with dear Mom, is the best day of the year, or just another day to hear, yet again, about all the pain you caused during childbirth and the ensuing 18 years thereafter. In either case, there are many, many restaurants and eateries ce ... More >>

Top 5 Weekend Food Events: St. Patty's Day Cooking Class, LQ@SK, Downward Dining, Free Food & Art, Gourmet Sandwiches

Pop-Up Art Gallery Free Food & Cocktails Westwood's Palomar Hotel is displaying artwork from Palo Klein Uber, Chris Trueman and Alison Rash for one night only. Free appetizers from Blvd 16 restaurant will be passed around the room, along with cocktails and wine. WHEN: March 15, 5-7 p.m. WHERE: Pa ... More >>

4 Leap Year Dining Events for Feb. 29: The Edison, 29-Cent Wine, CITY Night, Roy Choi/Mark Peel Mashup

[Update: Just added the event at The Edison.] Make Leap Day William happy: Buy a Leap Day cocktail and receive a free sidecar created by The Edison's bartenders. Also, 40% discount on cocktails, beer, wine and selected food items. (As with every Wednesday, all wine by the bottle is half-off.) WHEN: ... More >>

Q & A With Suzanne Goin: Chefs Move to Schools Fundraiser, Knocking on Ma Maison's Door Obama's Secret Service Detail

When you cross the beautiful threshold of Lucques, Suzanne Goin's Melrose Avenue restaurant, her first -- of now many, including A.O.C., Tavern and the recently opened The Larder at Maple Drive -- you are at once reminded of how profoundly relevant both that restaurant and, more importantly, the che ... More >>

Planned Parenthood Food Fare: Great Chefs, Great Cause

If watching a gaggle of the country's most arrogant, clueless and regressive men discuss the reproductive fates of millions of American women -- with almost no input from women themselves (apparently, we aren't "qualified") -- left you utterly appalled, perhaps you'll want to attend the annual Plann ... More >>

Wendy Doulton's The Headhuntress and Carrie McCully's Chef Hunter: Is Getting a Real Job Reality TV's New Fantasy?

Via NBCUniversalThe Headhuntress Wendy Doulton, right, coaches a job seeker.​I watch the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills every week. I watch New York and Orange County, too. (Though we all agree DC was whack, right?) I watch these shows partly for the ability to laugh at the dippy one-liners ... More >>

Top 6 Weekend Food Events: Night at the Mausoleum, HallowedVine, A Dark Carnival II, Long Beach Farm Dinner, Day of the Dead Cooking Class, Bitter In The Mouth

Guzzle & NoshThe crowd at Villains Tavern, which will host Dark Carnival II this weekend.​Night at the Mausoleum Meet some of the Los Angeles celebrities who are now in permanent residence at the mausoleum beneath the cathedral. The guided tour of these hallowed halls is preceeded by an option ... More >>

Battle Pot de Crème: Mark Peel vs. Suzanne Goin a Recipe from the Winner

C. LeVasserThe duo of pots de créme.​We, and maybe you, continue to spend the majority of our time cooking at home, rather than eating out. Learning how to make things like New Orleans-style boudin blanc, and Sardinian malloreddus, seems to bring us a good bit more joy these days. So today, w ... More >>

Best Week Ever

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 9/6-9/9

Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "The restaurant occupies one of the best spots in Little Tokyo, right next to the perpetually megacrowded ramen shop Daikokuya, and is as bright and modern as its blaring 1970s rock is not -- I'm no ... More >>

Top 5 Food Events This Weekend: TOTNLA, Ramen, Wine, Hot Dogs & Roasted Meats

Ramen Bull Kicking off its Popchef series, Breadbar's consulting Chef Noriyuki Sugie debuts Ramen Bull, a menu of five beef-centric ramen dishes: short rib ramen ($11); oxtail ramen ($15), beef tongue ramen ($12); spicy ramen ($14); and corn beef ramen ($13). Available Monday through Saturday, 5 t ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Samples New York's Best Eateries During Beard Weekend

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 >>

Passover Roundup: 8 Ways to Celebrate Pesach in a Restaurant

J. RitzTraditional Venetian sweet-and-sour Pesce in carpione at Angeli Caffe. ​ Los Angeles chefs and restaurants approach Passover with respect for tradition, while applying their own unconventional and unexpected touches. There will be plenty of matzo ball soup. And then there will be Thai-s ... More >>

The Cocktail Issue: Border Grill's Sangrita A Recipe

Anne FishbeinBorder Grill's sangrita​ This week's cover story is the cocktail issue, or L.A.'s Best Cocktails, in which Jonathan Gold considers, as you can probably infer from the title, the best cocktails in Los Angeles. To celebrate the happy event, we're giving you a cocktail a day here on ... More >>

25 Years of Border Grill

Revamped Ciudad carries on fine tradition

Your Busy Outdoor Food Fundraiser Weekend Agenda: Cube's Rooftop BBQ, Garden School Foundation Savor the Season

Photo: Amy Sheridan​ It's in the hands of the capricious climate gods whether Cube Café and Marketplace's Pork 'n' Beans Rooftop Afternoon BBQ will be a hot-weather cookout or a crisp fall affair. On Saturday, October 9, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Cube Foundation Garden, Cube welcomes featured g ... More >>

Get Out Your Prohibition-era Outfit: Jonathan Gold's Speakeasy Cocktail Party is Saturday Night

ZocaloMr. Gold and company talking shop in 2009 at Union Station​ Time to get out the flapper dresses, the Prohibition-era whatsits, the hipper-than-thou suspenders and cloche hats and sparkly bits, and head on down to Union Station (please God, take the Metro) this Saturday night for Jonathan ... More >>

Food Fight at LAX

Purveyor of bland challenges plans to upgrade cuisine

New(er) & Improved: LA Street Food Fest Brings Summer Tasting Event to Rose Bowl

LA Street Food Fest​ If you missed February's first-ever LA Street Food Fest, here's your second chance. On Saturday, July 24 from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. (4 p.m. to 5 p.m. if you're VIP), more than 60 gourmet trucks, old-school stands, some of L.A.'s top restaurants and their chefs will join forc ... More >>

L.A. Bloggers Judge Top Chef Masters A Viewing Party at The Edison

Top Chef MastersMake room for some food bloggers at Judges' Table​ L.A. chefs like Mark Peel, Susan Feniger and Ludovic Lefebvre aren't the only locals showing up on Top Chef Masters this season. Wednesday night, the judges' table will get a little bit bigger with L.A. food bloggers Bill Espa ... More >>

Fergus Henderson To Give Cooking Class at Ciudad

Julian Andrews/The AgeFergus Henderson goes whole hog at Ciudad​English chef Fergus Henderson of St. John Restaurant is coming to Los Angeles. While he's not opening a restaurant (much as we'd love to hear that he was), he will be coming to downtown restaurant Ciudad on May 15th to offer an ex ... More >>

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 >>

José Andrés Is Your Guest DJ: Molecular Gastronomy to Elton John

Ever wonder what's on José Andrés' playlist? You figure he must be listening to something cutting edge while he's thinking up cotton candy foie gras and playing with the nitro canisters at The Bazaar, right? Try Elton John's Daniel. We know this because the Spanish chef shares his personal soundtr ... More >>

A Chef's Take on Julie & Julia, by Susan Feniger

Scan courtesy Susan FenigerEveryone's in the kitchen with Julia​A Chef's Take on Julie & Julia, by Susan Feniger, chef-co-owner of Ciudad, Border Grill and Street: I'd like to say something right up front: I'm not a film critic, I'm not a writer, and I generally don't like movies about cooki ... More >>

Mastering The Art Of Julia: Drinking STREET's Susan Feniger Under The Table

Sony PicturesMeryl Streep as Julia Child in "Julie and Julia" In this week's ongoing Mastering The Art of Julia series - partly started in anticipation of this summer's Nora Ephron-directed Julie & Julia, starring Meryl Streep as the food world's warbly-voiced Julia Child - we talk to STREET's Susan ... More >>

Animal's Vinny Dotolo Added to Jonathan Gold Carnivore! Panel With Feniger, Becerra and Peel -- Saturday Noon at LA Weekly LA Weekend. Plus, Kogi Taco Truck on Friday and Dogs From Let's Be Frank on Saturday

Anne FishbeinAnimal's Vinny Dotolo, the scarfed one, will be talking meat. Vinny Dotolo and partner Jon Shook are incapable of keeping their fleshly tendencies out of every possible course at their Fairfax restaurant Animal -- consider that their most talked-about dessert is the bacon-chocolate cru ... More >>

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In search of a good stew