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Szechuan Impression; Credit: Anne Fishbein

5 Essential Chinese Restaurants in Los Angeles

Our Chinese food riches are so vast in L.A. we could have come up with a list of 99 places you should visit in order to experience it, but given the constraints, we think these five spots are a great starting place to dive into those riches....
Chef Jeremy Fox; Credit: SF Weekly

A Sneak Peek at Jeremy Fox's Gorgeous New Cookbook, On Vegetables

Jeremy Fox's cookbook, On Vegetables: Modern Recipes For the Home Kitchen (Phaidon, $49.95), has been a long time coming. The Rustic Canyon chef originally signed a book deal in 2010, based on the reputation he'd gained as chef at Ubuntu in Napa Valley. But as Fox explains in the new book's......
Calabasitas taco at Guisados; Credit: Anne Fishbein

10 Essential Tacos in Los Angeles

We decided to give a taste of some of the city's essential tacos, with a couple of burritos and quesadillas thrown in for good measure. Consider this your guide to L.A.'s 10 essential tortilla-based, portable foodstuffs....
Squid ink garganelli at Union; Credit: Anne Fishbein

10 Essential Italian Restaurants in Los Angeles

Last week, we released our 99 Essential Restaurants in Los Angeles package for 2017, along with its new sister list, the Freshmen 15 (for the newbie restaurants too young to make it onto the list, but which we love nonetheless). Unsurprisingly, there are a lot of Italian restaurants on the......