Suzanne Goin

4 Great Bars & Restaurants For Moms Who Don't Do Afternoon Tea

For all that our mothers do for us, we've designated just one day each year for them, which often amounts to a three-hour tea or brunch set that probably appeals more to the stereotype of mothers than anything else. It's easy to overlook the new normal of mother figures in a post-women's lib era tha ... More >>

22 Mother's Day Food Drink Specials (Bottomless Mimosas! Cupcakes! Tiaras!!)

Mother's Day is this coming Sunday, and if you haven't gotten that one figured out yet, maybe it's time to start planning. Depending on your age and demographic, a crayoned card could work, or maybe your kid's card and a stiff drink. If you want something a bit more professional, turn the page for a ... More >>

Hurrah for the James Beard Book, Broadcast and Journalism Awards Winners!

The James Beard Book Broadcast and Journalism awards were held this past Saturday night, and a whole new crop of book authors, TV and radio folks and food journalists were honored with what is still considered the food world's greatest honor -- a James Beard medal. You can see the full list of win ... More >>

California Ranks Low on 2013 Locavore Index

California chefs -- think Alice Waters and Suzanne Goin -- have led the way in using seasonal, locally-sourced ingredients, practically inventing the concept of "California cuisine" in the process. And so it's surprising to learn that our state placed a miserable 42nd of 51 in a national index ran ... More >>

What's in the Chef's Market Cart: Beets from Coastal Organics

This week we ask Chris Reynoso, sous chef at Tavern in Brentwood. He's waiting for the elevator and pulling a cart loaded with boxes of produce. "This whole bottom layer is just beets, red ones from Coastal Organics and yellow from Jimenez," Reynoso says. "We just roast them really simply and dic ... More >>

Top 4 Weekend Food Events: Cocktail Competition, USC Fair Food Fest, L.A. Weekly's Plate Lucques Cassoulet Night

Cocktail Competition Who can make the tastiest red-colored cocktail? In a benefit for Go Red for Women, an American Heart Association initiative, bartenders from Marina del Rey restaurants Café del Rey, Hal's Bar and Grill, Chart House, James Beach and Tony P's will compete to create the best vodka ... More >>

James Beard Semifinalists 2013 Announced: The L.A. Edition

The James Beard Foundation has just announced their semifinalists for the 2013 chef and restaurant awards. To be clear, this is not a list of nominees, but rather a list from which the nominees will be chosen. L.A. has quite a showing, in the national categories as well as in our region. For Bes ... More >>

Chefs Cook At Home, The Holiday Edition: The Hungry Cat's David Lentz

This week and next, we'll be featuring the holiday food traditions of L.A. chefs. Today, The Hungry Cat's David Lentz tells us about his traditions with his wife, chef Suzanne Goin. "For Christmas eve, Suzanne and I have had a great tradition of going for lunch at Spago. I think we've been doing it ... More >>

Croissant Food Fight: B1 Breadshop vs. Bread Lounge vs. Maison Giraud

In his 1989 novel The Great Fire of London, renowned french author Jacques Roubaud spends a rather large section expounding the features of the ideal Parisian croissant, told in the kind of deliberate detail you'd expect from a professor of both poetry and advanced mathematics: [T]he croissant that ... More >>

3: Roasted Kabocha Squash at Lucques

Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 3. Roasted Kabocha Squash at Lucques. The fall salad is a fairly ubiquitous menu item, and one of those things that's a safe bet almost anywhere you ... More >>

Where the Chefs Eat: The Hungry Cat's David Lentz

Where the Chefs Eat is an ongoing series in which we ask a local chef to give us his or her favorite dining options. This week, David Lentz, chef and owner of The Hungry Cat, tells us his favorite spot to eat these days. Like many chefs we speak to for this series, David Lentz is pressed for time. ... More >>

Top 5 Weekend Food Events: Feast of San Gennaro, Chinese Moon Festival, L.A. Loves Alex's Lemonade, Beer Float Showdown L.A Beer Week Festival

Italian Feast of San Gennaro Jimmy Kimmel and pal Adam Carolla kick off this three-day feast of Italian cuisine and culture on Thursday night (Prima Notte) with all-day festivities through Sunday. Expect lots of sausage, lasagna and cannoli. WHAT: Italian Feast of San Gennaro WHEN: Thursday-Sunday, ... More >>

Top 4 Weekend Food Events: L.A. Food and Wine, Sunland Watermelon Festival, Lucques Rib Roundup Ecuadorian Parade

2nd Annual L.A. Food & Wine Festival With nearly 40 events over four days in Santa Monica, Hollywood, Beverly Hills and downtown, the LAFW looks to be one of the city's most ambitious food festivals. More than 150 chefs, including David Myers, Michael Voltaggio, Mark Peel, Michael Mina and Charles P ... More >>

Bread Lounge: Art District's Stellar New Bakery

For the past two years, a baguette from Bread Lounge -- perfectly moist, crusty outside and airy as a wisp inside-- was one of the city's best-kept secrets. You could find it on the tables at some of the hippest restaurants in town, in the personal pantry of Walter Manzke or Nancy Silverton, served ... More >>

Top 5 Weekend Food Events: Planned Parenthood Food Fare, French New Orleans, Bacon & Sides, Beer Festival, Foie Gras Dinner, Paris Cookbook Fair

Planned Parenthood Food Fare If watching male politicians go into overdrive trying to limit women's access to birth control left you with a queasy feeling, perhaps you'll want to attend the annual Planned Parenthood Food Fare. The headliner is chef Suzanne Goin (Lucques, AOC, Tavern) along with an e ... More >>

Lucques' 9th Annual Cassoulet Night Is Coming: Make Reservations Now

If you're not doing anything really important for dinner on Sun., March 4 -- and maybe even if you are -- you now have someplace to be. Every year for one night, Lucques co-owners Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne host a cassoulet night in place of one of their customary Sunday Suppers. This year will ... More >>

The Larder at Maple Drive: 30 Sandwiches in 30 Days (Day 14)

Guzzle & NoshThe Larder at Maple Drive: End of Summer Sandwich​The joke about the End of Summer sandwich at The Larder at Maple Drive is that in temperate Los Angeles, this sandwich could probably be served nine months out of the year. Here, in the land where summer extends from early July to ... More >>

Hungry Cat: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

Top 5 Weekend Food Events: Ribfest, Soda Tasting, Food For Thought, Live & Dine LA ColLAboration Beer Garden

ColLAboration Beer Garden Forget Bastille Day. In honor of Belgian Independence Day (actually celebrated on July 21st), ColLAboration will theoretically have Belgian brews on tap at its third summer beer garden. Technically, ColLAboration is a members-only club. For members, admission is free f; f ... More >>

Wild Goodness Food X Film Series: Chicken Screen Tests Scorsese Meatballs

THE HUNGER: FOOD X FILM from Levi's Film Workshop on Vimeo. Over the weekend, San Francisco art coalition Futurefarmers and artists from MOCA's "Art in the Streets" exhibition hosted a planting party for the new Margaret Kilgallen Memorial Farm. The party marked an unofficial opening to a seri ... 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 >>

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 >>

Where NOT to Go To Dinner Tonight: President Obama Has Booked Tavern

Tavern's websitethe dining room at Tavern​ As you probably know already -- hopefully, if you're going to be in a car anywhere on the Westside later today -- President Obama is in town. Why? Why do you think: the man is fundraising in a place that has historically been very kind to him. So, the ... More >>

dineLA Restaurant Week Returns

Anne Fishbeinbaby artichokes with buffalo mozzarella, watercress and goji berries at Fig​ If you're one of the few noble people who's actually kept your New Year's resolution, get ready to face a major hurdle. In just a few weeks, dineLA's Restaurant Week returns for its sixth season, serving ... More >>

Eat and Drink Well for Auld Lang Syne on New Year's Eve 2011

So, it's time to plan New Year's Eve if you haven't already. Avoid the amateur's night problem by putting your 2011 celebration in the hands of restaurant pros who will handle the fine food and drink part. And save you clean-up troubles. Merriment, cheer, reflecting on the past year (which may or ma ... More >>

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 >>

Where to Dine Out For Thanksgiving: 10 Restaurants For Traditionalists

Napa Valley Grille/Lisa Cohen​ Sitting in a restaurant for Thanksgiving might not be your tradition (yet), but remember that it's the really best of both worlds: You get to eat your turkey (and often cake, too), and someone else will clean up. In some cases, you'll even have leftovers for tha ... More >>

Offal Time

Meat-on-meat crime at Waterloo & City

Chefs Come Together to Support Good Food for All Angelenos

​ Philanthropic food lovers, mark your calendars: on October 6th some of the biggest and most sustainability minded chefs in the city, along with some conscientious local farmers, are coming together for the fundraiser Good Food for All, A Taste of the Los Angeles Foodshed. Hosted by the n ... More >>

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 >>

Q & A With Ben Ford: Snout-to-Tail Cooking, Recession Food Still Life with Parsley at Chez Panisse

Ben Ford's Culver City gastropub Ford's Filling Station has been open for about 4 1/2 years now, during which time the neighborhood has changed from a rundown outpost dominated by Sony Pictures and the ghosts of munchkins (the cast of the Wizard of Oz stayed at the old Culver Hotel during the movie' ... More >>

Sweet Rose Creamery Opening Preview: What You Get From That $65K Ice Cream Maker

Jenn GarbeeSweet Rose's Chocolate Ice Cream Pie ​ It's almost summer. Pinkberry stores are closing at an alarming rate. We need ice cream reinforcements. Now. (Wednesday would work fine, too). Enter Sweet Rose Creamery. On Friday, Squid Ink swiped a few sneak preview tastes from the much-an ... More >>

Drink Me: Vodka

Ben CalderwoodLucques Gimlet with fava bean purée, green olives, feta and grilled bread​ First in an occasional series of spirit lessons where Squid Ink picks up the tab. The etymology is a dead giveaway. Vodka originates from the Slavic voda, or water, which illustrates just how fundamenta ... More >>

A Day With Wolfgang Puck: GMA & The James Beard Awards

Wolfgang Puck​If you're sitting at home this morning wondering what to cook for dinner and happen to have a whole chicken, a jar of mustard and a bottle of Port lying around, you might want to turn on the television sometime between 7 and 9 a.m. Wolfgang Puck will be cooking his recipe for pan ... More >>

10 Leg of Lamb Recipes I Briefly Considered Making Yesterday

Flickr/One from RM​ 1. Julia Child's gigot a la moutarde. Bea Arthur's favorite, sure. But powdered ginger and pounded dried rosemary? Even on Easter, this one requires a leap of faith. 2. Chorizo-stuffed leg of lamb from Suzanne Goin's Sunday Suppers at Lucques. The Mexican-Moroccan-Prove ... More >>

2010 James Beard Finalists Announed: Suzanne Goin, Matt Molina, Michael Cimarusti, Jonathan Gold, Patric Kuh Nominated

James Beard​Twitter is at it again. The 2010 James Beard Award Finalists were announced this morning via the foundation's Twitter account. L.A's Suzanne Goin, of Lucques, AOC Wine Bar, Hungry Cat and Tavern was nominated for Outstanding Chef, while Matt Molina of Mozza and Michael Cimarusti of ... More >>

James Beard Semifinalists Announced: The L.A. Edition

James Beard​This morning the James Beard Foundation announced the semifinalists for its 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards. Judges will vote to determine the final 5 nominees in each category, which will be announced on March 22nd. The winners will be announced at the Foundation's award party, ... More >>

Digging In: Forage Restaurant Opens in Silver Lake

People don't want to throw away food. It just happens, especially combined with the good fortune that our local climate provides when it comes to produce. Forage, a brand new restaurant in the former Town & Country space on Sunset near Hyperion, gives folks with excess fruits and veggies a place to ... More >>

Your Online Recipe Box: Epicurious.com A 1941 Recipe for Lobster Thermidor & Their Most Popular Recipe, Double Chocolate Layer Cake

The vast Condé Nast recipe database Epicurious.com is a phenomenal resource for both home and professional cooks, kind of like The Beatles catalog for food people. With the closing down of Gourmet Magazine (this month is the last issue), Epicurious became even more valuable, as it now functions as ... More >>

Restaurant Newsbites: The Opening of Two Taverns, a Wine Bar and a Tiki-Lovers' Paradise -- Trader Vic's Downtown

The past week has seen a few fresh restaurant openings worth mentioning. Gaining the most notice is Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne's Tavern in the Brentwood spot that was for many decades a Hamburger Hamlet location. While lots of people all over Los Angeles have strong sentimental attachments to t ... More >>

Nibbles and Bits Around Town: Lucques Lunches, Villa Blanca's White Lights, BabyCakes Joins Downtown Crowd, Next to French Dips

Villa Blanca: Knew you'd be a vision in whiteSunday Supper at Lucques is a standing weekly event that brings new surprises to help chase away the Sunday-night blues. Now the restaurant eases the weekday doldrums with a prix-fixe lunch. A two-course lunch is $25; three courses is $30. From now throu ... More >>

99 Essential - List Only

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

The Life Aquatic

West Hollywood and Vicinity

Swanky

Women in the Kitchen

Dinner At Eight

The Farmers Market School