Amy Scattergood

If you are not among the ramen-obsessed, it's probably difficult to fathom how people can get so worked up about a bowl of soup. Sure, there are ramen's various elements and regional categories, intricate as some medieval scholastic doctrine; the delineation of broth and tare, of noodle and topping; and......

If you missed the previous incarnation of Keizo Shimamoto's ramen burger pop-up, for lack of a better term (cultural mash-up? art installation? rip in the space-time continuum?), you have someplace to be this Sunday, Nov. 10. Specifically the Mitsuwa market in Torrance, where Shimamoto will again be serving up his......

Most Americans probably first heard of Ivan Orkin thanks to the debut issue of Lucky Peach, Dave Chang's literary magazine. That was the ramen issue, and if you still have your copy, save it, as they're going for almost $200 on eBay. If you're not a Lucky Peach reader, just......

And now for a brief programming break. Much as we love this town's glorious meat-driven cuisine, our cheese-thatched burgers and hand-pounded tortillas brimming with barbacoa and carne asada, our chefs with their penchant for nose-to-tail cuisine, sometimes we feel like lighter fare. Maybe even a whole lot lighter -- something......

There are many people who not only love soup dumplings but actually dream of them (hi, Dr. Mirea!). And not just any soup dumplings, but the glorious Shanghai-style soup dumplings from Din Tai Fung, perhaps the best xiao long bao specialist in the city, the lines at which can stretch......

If all the Halloween activities have taken their toll and you want to spend the weekend doing something a little more rejuvenating than watching The Shining for the 100th time or eating endless amounts of candy (vegan or otherwise), maybe consider heading over to the inaugural Vegan Book Fair on......

It's full daylight instead of encroaching darkness, the kids not yet in costume, the adults holding the shopping baskets, but it's trick-or-treating all the same. Instead of a series of neighborhood houses, you've hit the warehouse itself: the biggest candy shop in Los Angeles. A cheerfully painted pair of buildings......

It's that time of year again, when many of us trek to the nearest store and buy embarrassingly large quantities of candy. For all those little kids who will be knocking on the door on Halloween night. Or teenagers trolling for a sugar rush, or maybe so we can secretly......

Although there are many, many mash-ups that are incomprehensible, some make so much sense that they seem not only intelligent but inevitable. In this case, and when you're talking about people, they're called collaborations or partnerships, and they make you very, very happy. (See: Nancy Silverton and Mario Batali; Ludo......

If you haven't driven down to Tijuana lately, the next few days would be a very good time to do so. The third Baja California Culinary Festival starts this Thursday, Oct. 24, and runs through this coming Sunday, Oct. 27. What this means is four days of seriously excellent food,......