Besha Rodell

Exploring the LAPL menu collection is an ongoing project in which we'll take a close look at the menus owned by the Los Angeles Public Library. Read about the project here. When researching the restaurants responsible for the menus found in the LAPL menu collection, many times the trail leads......

This week's restaurant review considers M.A.K.E., the raw, vegan restaurant in Santa Monica Place owned by raw food guru Matthew Kenney. We hope you'll take the time to read the full review, but offer this for the time-addled among you......

Late last Friday, LA Magazine reported that MessHall's opening chef, Keith Silverton, was leaving the restaurant, to be replaced by Nick Erven. The timing of the change was a tad inconvenient, seeing as the reviews had only just come out, both here at LA Weekly and in the Los Angeles......

Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 2. Philly Cheesesteak at The Bazaar. Aside from "spatchcock," it's possible there's no better word in the culinary lexicon than "espuma." At least......

The Chef's Library is a series in which we ask chefs around town to tell us about their favorite cookbooks. Today, we talk to Steve Samson, chef (along with Zach Pollack) of Sotto. It's so surprise that Steve Samson's favorite cookbooks cover the history of the cooking of his greatest......

Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 3. Roasted Kabocha Squash at Lucques. The fall salad is a fairly ubiquitous menu item, and one of those things that's a safe......

Where the Chefs Eat is an ongoing series in which we ask a local chef to give us his or her favorite dining options. This week, Mary Sue Milliken, chef and owner of Border Grill, tells us her regular spots. When Mary Sue Milliken eats out, invariably she eats Japanese......

Well, we've had our fun with underrated burgers. But it's time to move on. There's plenty of other underrated food in this town, we just know it. And what better to focus on during this, the most pie-laden of seasons, than pie? We want to know which pies (the sweet......

Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 5. Crispy Pig Head at Animal. A certain brand of excess has quite rightly given Animal a reputation as a purveyor of dude......