Besha Rodell

So. Chick-fil-A hates gay people, but people still love Chick-fil-A. Those darn cute illiterate cows! We can't resist 'em! So, in order to combat the chain and simultaneously help out those poor souls who just gotta eat mor chicken, a number of restaurants around the country are offering alternatives. You......

From our 2012 Restaurant Issue, celebrating everything pizza in L.A. On a Wednesday evening, 10 students sit along the counter at the Scuola di Pizza, the, yes, "School of Pizza" at L.A.'s premier pizza joint, Mozza. I'd like to say we're a varied lot, but that wouldn't be true --......

If you ask 10 food writers what their least favorite food is, about 8 of them will say "truffle oil." A few weeks ago, Amy Scattergood and I were discussing a theoretical top-10 list of ingredients chefs should never use again, and we decided 1-10 would all just say "truffle......

One of the great friendships of my life began at a food writing conference. For the entertainment following a luncheon, the organizers had brought in a gospel choir, and the mainly middle-aged, mainly pasty lot of us were up on our feet, clapping and dancing to the music. The guy......

It's a slight paradox for a vegetarian, this menu at Mezze. On the one hand, it's an extremely vegetarian-friendly menu. On the other, the things vegetarians usually count as tried-and-true safe zones are, at Mezze, decidedly not. The tabbouleh has bacon in it. The falafel comes over a stew of......

This week, Mezze is the subject of my review. While I hope you'll take the time to read the full review, I offer this Mezze-review-for-dummies blog post. Food: Middle Eastern-influenced New American, with a focus on small plates, but also a few fantastic entrees and a selection of flatbreads. From......

See more of Anne Fishbein's photography from Mezze. When it comes to inspiration, New American chefs draw from a wide swath of influence. They look to France and Spain, Korea and Mexico. We have gastropubs and tapas bars, and we've gone from wasabi mashed potatoes to kimchi grits. Years ago......

The news broke Wednesday that Gwyneth Paltrow, that golden wounded swan of an actress, is in talks to play chef Gabrielle Hamilton in the film adaptation of Hamilton's memoir Blood Bones & Butter. There is so much wrong with this casting decision I don't even know where to begin......

Updated, 2:33 p.m.: Raphael Brion, Editor of Eater National, claims via Twitter that the confusion is actually the fault of USA Today, which changed their story without citing the change on the web. He also provided a link to a cached version of the USA Today story that indeed claimed......

A new Food Network show is casting, and looking for home cooks. It's a great opportunity if the following things are important to you: 1. Cooking. 2. Thinking you're better than everyone else. 3. Impressing Bobby Flay. The show's casting flyer asks: "Is your house always filled with guests who......