Celia Soudry

Located at opposite ends of Main Street in downtown Culver City's farmers market, Jean Avisard sells hand-made pastas and ravioli, while cheese and wine connoisseur Laurent Bonjour whips up sauces to match. Bonjour regularly scopes out Avisard's seasonal flavors and matches his own spices, cheeses and ingredients to give customers......

In honor of National Bread Month, Panera Bread recently invited us to pull an all-nighter with its kitchen staff to check out their nightly bread-baking routine. Panera manager Tanell Cook begins his shift at 10 p.m. every weeknight, supervising cooks, prepping food for the morning rush and brewing espressos to......

The Yard, formerly located in the backyard of the Polish restaurant Warszawa in Santa Monica, is enjoying a new space on Broadway. Officially opened last March, The Yard will celebrate its grand re-opening tonight at 9 p.m. to showcase new menu items, new decor and introduce executive chef Chris "C.J."......

While ghouls, goblins, and Jon & Kate plus 8 look-a-likes run rampant through the streets of Los Angeles this weekend, others will be celebrating Dia de Los Muertos, filling up on Mama's Hot Tamales downtown. Instead of blocking off the street like last year's festival, Mama's will be taking the......

With new organic-friendly eateries popping up all over town, one long-standing restaurant, Ammo, is bringing farmers directly to you during their quarterly Farm-to-Table dinner, Sunday, Nov. 8. Next week's dinner, with produce provided by Weiser Family Farms, features a puree of butternut squash with paprika oil; young lettuces with roasted......

Seats are filling fast for the Century City BreadBar Hatchi series, dinners featuring 8 gourmet dishes for $8 dollars each (with a 3 dish minimum). The event, created by BreadBar and chef Noriyuki Sugie invites different guest chefs every month to cook up their own stylized small plates. Tonight's dinner......

Sprinkles Cupcakes is tweeting away, eager to hook customers by luring them in with free cupcakes. But there's a catch, of course, and a seriously goofy one at that. If you really want the goods, you must whisper a newly-updated phrase (imparted via Twitter) to the person behind the Sprinkles......

In the days leading up to Halloween, dessert shop Valerie Confections is hosting a free, five-day dessert tasting, showcasing their fall line. Today's menu kicks off with Blum's coffee and lemon crunch cakes. Other morsels in-store this week include a new line of casual, everyday sweets: almond toffee treats, peanut......

Since its April 30th opening, Tavern in Brentwood has been recognized for its organic food items and unique cocktails, but not necessarily for its wine list or cheese selection. Owner Caroline Styne hopes to change that, inviting winos and amateurs alike into the Larder room, a charming and intimate street-front......