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Wolfgang Puck, David Chang and Roy Choi Team Up For Chefs Dinner at Hotel Bel-Air

On June 18, Wolfgang Puck will team up with New York superstar chef David Chang (of Momofuku fame and this year's recipient of the James Beard Outstanding Chef award) and Roy Choi to host a chef's dinner at Wolfgang Puck at the Hotel Bel-Air. The dinner will consist of five courses of Asian-inspir ... 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 >>

Top Weekend 4 Events: Food Swap, Colombian Brunch, Olive Oil Tasting a Wolfgang Puck Cooking Class

SGV East Food Swap The SGV East Food Swap is hosting a community exchange of homemade and homegrown food -- including fruit, baked goods and sauces -- for the public. No money is accepted at the food swap. Pre-registration is required and can be made at the organization's Eventbrite page. WHAT: SGV ... More >>

Spago Has L.A. Feeling Puckish

Now, more than ever, Wolfgang Puck's signature restaurant is a must-try

The 5 Things You Need To Know About Spago

Today's restaurant review focuses on Spago, Wolfgang Puck's newly remodeled restaurant in Beverly Hills. Read the full review, or take a quick tour of the facts, plus a few extras, below.

Spago: The Video

If you haven't been to Spago recently, the newly remodeled restaurant will come as something of a surprise. A new menu. New decor. And maybe best of all, a retractable roof on the patio. Read Besha Rodell's review, and then maybe check out this video. A visual aid, if you will, as well as a chance t ... More >>

Current TV To Air Health-Conscious "Currently: Feeding The Need" Series Featuring Wolfgang Puck and Mary Sue Milliken

Around Thanksgiving, more than any other holiday, we think about food. (And not just what we plan to serve alongside the turkey.) We're grateful for food, and we think more consciously about those who don't have enough food, and those who don't have access to good quality food, and are suffering bec ... More >>

From The Los Angeles Public Library Menu Collection: Spago

As the first in our series exploring the LAPL's menu collection, we're looking at a very early Spago menu. The Beverly Hills restaurant reopens this week after a renovation and reinvention that has taken a little less than three months. The library dates the menu "early 80's" but gives no exact da ... More >>

L.A. Food & Wine Festival: Rosé, Ribs, and Summer Heat

After a weekend filled with many bottles of rosé and short rib sliders, the second annual Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival wrapped up Sunday afternoon at L.A. Live after four days of chef-driven tastings, demos, samplings and other events that featured some of the top culinary talents in the countr ... More >>

Spago's Third Coming: A Last Supper Before the Renovation of Wolfgang Puck's Beverly Hills Flagship

A Last Supper at Spago Before Reinvention

Rather than write a review for this week's Fork Lift column, I instead visited Spago for a last meal before Wolfgang Puck's legendary Beverly Hills restaurant undergoes a facelift and menu transformation. The restaurant's spokesperson says that the food will be going in "a totally different directio ... More >>

Live Stream the James Beard Awards: Cheer Mozza Possible Foie Protest

If you're the sort of food-obsessed person who will be following Twitter this afternoon and evening to find out exactly who's winning awards, or who's complaining about not having done so, at tonight's James Beard award ceremony, you might consider just live streaming the event. That's what the folk ... More >>

Your Foie Gras Countdown Clock

And now, to help you mark the time to the impending California foie gras ban, here's an actual countdown clock. Because the days move faster than you think, and because setting your kitchen egg timer or your iPhone is, well, problematic. What do to in the intervening days, hours, minutes? Well, yo ... More >>

Food Word Clouds: Wolfgang Puck's Meat Menu at Cut

If you're a vegetarian, this might seem less like a highly curated menu than a do-not-enter sign. If so, no Snake River Farms Wagyu and John Baldessari art for you. But if you're happily carnivorous, then this menu -- the dinner menu from Wolfgang Puck's Beverly Hills steakhouse Cut -- may read like ... More >>

The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched-up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's mostly free. F ... More >>

March at L.A. Farmers Markets: Your Virtual Grocery List

It's March at Los Angeles farmers markets, which means peak citrus season, along with cardoons, Savoy cabbages, potatoes and winter greens -- and chefs, including frequent shopper Wolfgang Puck, who spent this morning helping to hold down the canopy at Pudwill Berry Farm's stall. (Heavy winds, not h ... More >>

New Chef at WP24: John Lechleidner

John Lechleidner; Chow Fueng rolls at WP24.​WP24 has a new Chef de Cuisine in John Lechleidner. A veteran of the Wolfgang Puck group who has cooked at Postrio at The Venetian, Spago at The Forum Shops at Caesars, Wolfgang Puck American Grille at The Borgata and Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill at L.A ... More >>

Wolfgang Puck Employees Reach Settlement

We don't know whether the swans at the recently reopened Hotel Bel Air are unionized, but several other Wolfgang Puck employees resolved a major labor dispute this week. On Tuesday, a judge gave preliminary approval to a $500,000 settlement that resolved claims by nearly 2,000 current and former emp ... More >>

Where To Eat Out on Christmas in Los Angeles: 5 Categories, 25 Ways to Eat Out on the Holiday

J. RitzHoliday tree cheer at the Hungry Cat Hollywood.​ With all due respect to hearty home-cooked Christmas meals centered around major hunks of proteins, tamales and starchy vegetables, it's not all that difficult to find interesting ways to eat out on December 25th in Los Angeles. Alright, ... More >>

Q & A with Wolfgang Puck: The Hotel Bel-Air Interview

For anyone who's lived in Los Angeles longer than a decade, it's impossible not to feel caught in some sort of time-warp pulling up to the recently reopened Hotel Bel-Air. The swans still float serenely on the pond and wander the lush grounds, but the first thing you notice aren't the Cygnini, it's ... More >>

Opening and Closing in Your 'Hood: An October Restaurant Roundup

Guzzle & NoshR.I.P Gastrobus, Welcome Gastronomico​Attaining overnight success in the restaurant business is largely an urban myth (unless you're backed by a corporate restaurant group with tons of money to spend on marketing). Even a few empty seats in your new eatery can make you sweat. Whil ... More >>

The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

Flickr/dubh​ What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free), it's where most of ... More >>

Truffles, Caviar & Cupcakes: 2011 Oscar Food Preview Photo Gallery

Guzzle & Nosh​ 1,800 pounds of dover sole. 1,200 Kumamoto oysters. 1,000 spiny lobsters. 500 pounds of smoked salmon. 40 pounds of caviar. 10 pounds of black truffles. 6 Spanish hams. In case you didn't indulge in enough food porn yesterday with Nikita's insane Russian music video, here's a p ... More >>

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A Brief Spago Update: Chef de Cuisine Tetsu Yahagi

Tetsu Yahagi​Since we've been documenting the chef de cuisine changes at Wolfgang Puck's downtown restaurant, WP24, we thought we'd check in at Spago, where they had a chef change a few months ago. Although Lee Hefter is the executive chef, the chef de cuisine position was vacated in September ... More >>

Musical Kitchen Chairs: Sara Johannes Named Chef de Cuisine at WP24

Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining GroupSara Johannes​If you haven't been to WP24, Wolfgang Puck's newish restaurant, you can live vicariously and just read Jonathan Gold's latest review, out today. Or you can head downtown, past the gathering crowds of Lakers fan and the folks at LA Live, past the val ... More >>

The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

SapphireBlue22stack of newspapers​What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free ... More >>

Wolfgang Puck on the Craig Ferguson Show: Safety Goggles, Raw Duck Edible Underware

With the opening of his latest restaurant WP24, Wolfgang Puck ("it's not water and power") has been making the rounds, well, even more than usual. The other night Puck was on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson, and the combination of accents (Austrian for Puck, Scottish for Ferguson) and silly h ... More >>

Q & A With Wolfgang Puck, Part 2: Spago (The Musical), Life in an Austrian Kitchen The Joys of HSN

In yesterday's first part of our interview with Wolfgang Puck, the chef talked about his new downtown restaurant WP24 and gave us a little backstory of Ma Maison, Spago and the invention of his famous pizza. Speaking of pizza, turns out that Puck decided to detour, mid-interview and en route to the ... More >>

A Recipe From the Chef: Wolfgang Puck's Soft-shell Crab Tempura

A. ScattergoodWP24's soft-shell crab tempura with fried spinach​ If you head to downtown Los Angeles, just past the vast complex that it LA Live, to the newly opened Ritz-Carlton, and press the elevator button for WP24 and the 24th floor, you will come to a restaurant that is not only Wolfgang ... More >>

Q & A With Wolfgang Puck: WP24, Life in Indianapolis, Ma Maison & The Invention of Pizza

It might seem odd to someone who does not live in Los Angeles, but we often don't see the permanently blue skies and the palm trees. We forget to go to the beach. We completely forget about Lindsay Lohan. We take Wolfgang Puck for granted, despite the beautiful garden of Spago, the Oscars, the remin ... More >>

Plate Spinning: Listings From the Past Week

Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: -- A New Orleans bakery makes an oil-slick cake: food as political statement, of sorts. [Daily Dish] -- How to be a food snob. [Salon] -- Pat Saperstein pits Wolfgang Puck's new WP24 against the S ... More >>

Q & A With Rustic Canyon Chef Evan Funke: Quitting Massage Therapy & Firefighting for Cooking Learning the Ropes at Spago

A. ScattergoodRustic Canyon executive chef Evan Funke​ Evan Funke, executive chef at Rustic Canyon, is as locally sourced as much of the food he puts on his plates. The chef is third generation California, went to culinary school in Pasadena, and came up through the ranks of Wolfgang Puck's k ... More >>

L.A. Chefs Head to Vegas, but Not to Gamble

Luciano Pellegrini of Valentino will cook lamb at Vegas Uncork'd​The home fires will grow a little dim this week when four top chefs and restaurateurs leave their L.A. haunts to cook in Las Vegas. The draw is Vegas Uncork'd, a gastronomic extravaganza presented by Bon Appetit Thursday through ... More >>

Q & A with Ari Rosenson, Chef de Cuisine at Cut, Part 1: The Importance of Mom & The Value of Skipping Culinary School

Ari Rosenson, Chef de Cuisine at Cut, has had a career that's both atypical for a chef, and practically an anomaly in just about any industry during this era of diminishing corporate loyalty. That's because Rosenson has worked for Wolfgang Puck since he was a teenager. Yes, you read that right. As i ... 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 >>

99 Things To Eat in L.A. Before You Die: Sherry Yard's Kaiserschmarrn

On Thursday the Weekly will publish our Restaurant Issue: 99 Things to Eat in L.A. Before You Die. For the days leading up to the issue, we'll be posting a few of Jonathan Gold's items on the blog. Check back each day as we count down. Sherry Yard's Kaiserschmarrn: Everybody who hasn't been to Sp ... More >>

Foodbuzz Blog Awards Announced: And the Voting Begins Now...

You can never have too many awards, or too many award ceremonies, can you? Today Foodbuzz announced the nominees for their 2009 Blog Awards. Among the nominees, selected from some 3,500 nominations from readers and fellow bloggers, and including a few notable local stand-outs, are Smitten Kitchen fo ... More >>

Wolfgang Puck’s Bar & Grill Export at L.A. Live

Best Steak: Cut

Top 10 Dishes of 2007

Hummus replaced foie gras, Southern Thai was hot and cheese shredded

Salad Lovers, Get to the Point

Stations of the toss

Garbanzos!

Hummus Bar finds beauty in the humble chickpea

Flesh and Bone

Playing with Kobe at mighty Cut

Post-Puck Generation

Cooking in the Age of Anxiety

The American in the French Kitchen

Spago Jr.

Crazy/Dutiful

Johnny Romoglia at your service

WeHo Dining

Puck’s Lament

When Spago’s celebrity chef chastised the media for ignoring the state of fine dining, he struck a chord with this critic