Besha Rodell

This week and next, we'll be featuring the holiday food traditions of L.A. chefs. Today, Providence's Michael Cimarusti tells us about his Thanksgiving and Christmas traditions. "Thanksgiving is my holiday of choice. This year we had twenty for dinner. The feast began on Tuesday with a pig roast in the......

Eddie Huang can be a tough guy to wrap your head around. The New York-based chef who went to law school, passed the bar, then dropped out of law to cook and eventually opened Baohaus is now a bona fide food celebrity and, to many observers, full of contradictions. Huang's......

This week and next, we'll be featuring the holiday food traditions of L.A. chefs. Today, Tar and Roses' Andrew Kirschner tells us about his Hannukah and Thanksgiving traditions. "Being that I am Jewish, I lean to towards Hannukah inspired treats. This year, I made some killer horseradish and leek latkas......

Hooray! I'm gonna live forever! The Telegraph in the U.K. reports that consuming Roquefort and other moulded cheeses may explain why French women have such a long life expectancy. Long known as "the French paradox," scientists have been baffled as to why the French live longer than any other nationality......

This week and next, we'll be featuring the holiday food traditions of L.A. chefs. Today, The Hungry Cat's David Lentz tells us about his traditions with his wife, chef Suzanne Goin. "For Christmas eve, Suzanne and I have had a great tradition of going for lunch at Spago. I think......

If Spago has one defining characteristic, it's accommodation. If you're willing to pay, the restaurant (which is the subject of last week's restaurant review) will accommodate just about any whim, and their wide ranging and international menu is proof of that. Does this extend to the non meat eaters among......

This week and next, we'll be featuring the holiday food traditions of L.A. chefs. Today, Sotto's Zach Pollack tells us about his relationship with brisket. "Growing up a reformed Jew in West Los Angeles, I developed a relationship with brisket around the same time that I developed a relationship with......

It's that time of year, when material and consumer lust the joy of giving is upon us. There are a million food-related gift guides out there, many of them touting all that's new and exciting in the world of cooking gadgets and indulgent eating. But I thought, rather that scour......

This week and next, we'll be featuring the holiday food traditions of L.A. chefs. Today, Canelé's Corina Weibel tells us about her holiday pig roast. "We have a couple of different holiday traditions. I guess it depends on our mood. Us being the flock of orphans that find ourselves in......