They say Paris is gorgeous in spring. But if you can't make it all the way to France, two new crepe trucks are doing their best to bring a bit of Paris to Los Angeles. The real question: is this town big enough for two crepe trucks? Crepe'n Around ...
View more photos in Amy Scattergood's slideshow, "Chefs with Tattoos." Amid the fire and steam of the kitchen, the metal flash of pans and knives, the ironwork of the stoves and the immaculate white of the jackets comes a movement of worked color ...
View more photos in Anne Fishbein's slideshow, "Slaw Dogs." On the second day of the Weekly's L.A. Weekend a couple of weeks ago, three of the greatest hot dog minds in Los Angeles gathered to discuss the ins and outs of encased meats, the many, m...
As you cruise down Melrose toward the Haute-Skateboard District, Red O looms up like a nightclub out of a post-apocalyptic gangster movie, a severe bunker guarded by a phalanx of unsmiling bouncers, an icy sea of blondes -- and once you get inside, ...
New Belgium Brewing is seeking short, digital amateur films that go with their line of Lips of Faith beers. If your video is selected, it will be compiled together with others to form a feature length video which will tour through fourteen different ...
From banana splits and Eskimo pie to cake kits, ambrosia, and bacon-laced cupcakes, American society has always craved something to satisfy its ever-present sweet tooth. But what defines our taste in desserts? Cleverly packaged free "recipe books" pu...
Restaurateur George Abou-Daoud (Bowery, Delancey, Mercantile, Mission Cantina, Tamarind Deli) has already covered a lot of restaurant genres with his string of Hollywood bars and eateries, and this week he's ready to debut his next project. District ...
-- Food GPS goes for goat at Bulrocho [Food GPS] -- Pat Saperstein takes a tour of Latin American desserts [Eating LA] -- Zach Brooks tries Ciudad's lunch special [Midtown Lunch LA] -- Bill Esparza finds the real food of Baja in Sun Valley [Stree...
The date is set. Kogi mastermind Roy Choi's first honest-to-goodness restaurant, called Chego, will open its doors in Palms on April 7th. Kogi launched a Korean taco truck phenomenon that has spawned many imitators since it began, but this new resta...
Word is in, via the Mother Nature Network that Trader Joe's has changed their tune, and plan to sell only sustainable seafood by the end of 2012. Within the last year, Trader Joe's has been under fire from Greenpeace, who did not look kindly on thei...
It's been almost six months since the Flying Pig Truck first rolled onto the streets of LA. Now Flying Pig's co-owner and Le Cordon Bleu-trained chef, Joe Kim, tells us he has big plans to open not one, not two, but three new restaurants around town....
Bite Bar & Bakery in Santa Monica is entering into its third week since opening their doors, but are still considering themselves to be in preview mode. Their first week began with breakfast and last week they were able to expand to lunch service. Di...
As Easter is less than a week away, Squid Ink feels compelled to forewarn you: Embark on ham-speak with Jean Francois Meteigner, executive chef-owner of La Cachette Bistro in Santa Monica, with caution. The French chef will tell you what a good ham i...
Here's the situation: you just received the latest issue of your favorite food magazine. As you flip through the glossy pages of recipes and food porn, you spot it: the recipe you're going to make for dinner. But one glance at the ingredient list lea...
Two years ago, there were ten instances of people in Japan growing ill after consuming dumplings made from a factory in China. The frozen dumplings, it turned out, were poisoned, leading to a great deal of back and fourth between the Japanese and Chi...
Los Angeles has plenty of Thai food, but what about Tai food? Outside of the San Gabriel Valley, it can be hard to find Taiwanese dumplings. Hoping to bring these delicate balls of meat, vegetables, and dough to the masses, Helen Pan, 25, and Chris A...
"...it's safe to assume that few of us have ever been as voracious as the planet Neptune, which may have, according to a paper by Steven Desch quoted by The New Scientist, once slurped up an entire super-Earth and stolen its moon." I Can't Believe I...
On Wednesday, George Laguerre took a break from packing coffee beans for his wholesale business in the charred remains of his restaurant TiGeorges' Chicken on Glendale Blvd., and traveled south to give a lesson in Haitian cooking to a group of high s...
Macaroon madness at Platine. So you've decided to boil and peel the eggs, experiment with different charosets, broil the chicken, brisket, and find an approved grain. But some blanks might still need to be filled for your Passover meal to be com...
Ladies and gentlemen, start your food trucks. Most Angelenos haven't heard of them, but The Vendy Awards are something of a big deal in New York, awarding the city's top street food vendors. This year, for the first time, they're coming to Los Angel...
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Let's be honest: It's hard to get behind a purveyor of fancy tacos. This seeming contradiction goes against so many of tacos' sacred truths — that they are cheap; that… More >>
Bucato Review: Evan Funke's Helms Bakery Restaurant Triumphs
Is there a bread in the world more abused than focaccia? Spongy, leaden, heavily oily versions plague everything from fast-food menus to high-end restaurant bread baskets. Yes, the world is… More >>

