Farmers markets have been in Los Angeles for decades, long before the trend took off nationally: The pioneering Santa Monica market celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2011. As anyone knows who frequents the dozens of markets all over this city, they'...
You know all these food holidays, like National Snowcone Day or whatever? Well, now there's a handy way to track and keep up with them, because that's very, very important. Food.com has released an app called Every Day Is a Food Holiday. So, for in...
A traditional English breakfast 3rd Annual Proper English Breakfast Weekend For the third year in a row, the Atwater Village Bakery & Cafe will celebrate the opening of the English Premier League season with a traditional English breakfast: baked...
Depressed Doughnuts If you've ever been depressed, and I mean truly depressed, you'll know how serious an issue it can be. Therapy can help. So can dessert. And so can your friends, among whom many of us number professional bakers. To this happy ...
Corn risotto at Little Beast After a few weeks without a review (Dessert Issue! Mezcal!), this week we return with a look at Little Beast in Eagle Rock. We urge you to hop on over the the food section and read the full review, but for those of you...
One of the hits with the "astronauts" -- Cajun Spam jambalaya Six scientists -- some of them accomplished chefs -- emerged from four months in a simulated space habitat where their mission was ... to eat. The purpose of the study, conducted on ...
The Wee Chippy's French fries Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 3), we'll be bringing you periodic lists of some of the best things we've found to eat and drink around town. Ice cream sandwiches and bowls of tsukemen, fish...
Eggplants Ah, the eggplant, also known as aubergine (why can't we call it that!?), that species of nightshade that signals the winding down of summer. Often eggplant is one of the last vegetables we learn to love, but once it's taken hold of you t...
For a city with a 100-mile coast, L.A. has a shocking lack of coastal restaurants. Places where diners might simultaneously eat and gaze at the ocean are few -- even fewer if eating well is a priority. And until recently, this seaside city suffered ...
Community garden We've seen Snoop Dogg Lion, ne Calvin Broadus, Jr., transform from a rapper who helped put G-funk permanently on the sonic map into a multi-hyphenate entertainer. Through his non-profit organization Mind Gardens with John Paul Di...
The veggie sandwich at Square One at the Boathouse In mid-June, after a two-year, $45 million upgrade, Echo Park Lake reopened with a fantastic walking/jogging path circling the lake, paddle boats, gorgeous lotus beds at the edges of the lake, and...
fenugreek The benefits of a Mediterranean-style diet have long been touted by many medical studies. As reported in The New York Times in February, new research concluded that about a third of heart attacks, strokes and heart disease could be prev...
Julia Child There are few figures who had greater influence on our idea of French cuisine -- and cooking in general -- as Julia Child. On her 101st birthday, which is tomorrow, August 15, quite a few establishments, especially in her hometown of P...
Around the World in 80 Sips Bottlenotes will host an inclusive wine party that features 80-plus tastings in the form of unlimited one-ounce pours, followed by gelato and light appetizers, at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Mid-Wilshire. WHAT: Arou...
A jelly doughnut The equivalent of the amount of sugar found in three cans of soda a day added to a healthy diet could have major toxic effects on the body, according to a new study. While previous studies have found sugar to have detrimental eff...
Salmon roe blinis paired with Cismontane Brewing Company's Mesa Craft beer dinners and food pairings are increasingly common in today's interconnected culinary world, but combining the nuances in a beer with flavors in a dish usually is something ...
Eggs from Primal Pastures The internet is a strange thing -- a large part of it is actually set up for people who are looking for random ways to part with their money. I'd wager that a lot of internet shopping is not done by people looking for som...
Salad greens Updated Aug. 13, 2013, 10:15 a.m.: Taylor Farms de Mexico, the company that produced the bagged salad mixes linked to a cyclospora outbreak in at least two states, has suspended its operations, CBS News reports. The company informed t...
Sausages at Bierbeisl There are many things to love about Bierbeisl, Bernhard Mairinger's Austrian restaurant in Beverly Hills. But the sausages are a serious highlight, made with Mairinger's input by Continental Gourmet Sausage in Glendale. There...
The Fat Joey at Fat Sal's Only at a place called Fat Sal's, which has been open in Hollywood for about a month, would it be a reasonable expectation to order a sandwich that has an entire other meal stuffed inside it. That sandwich, known as the F...
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Bucato Review: Evan Funke's Helms Bakery Restaurant Triumphs
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