Christie Bishop

Let's face it: our New Year's resolution (you know the one) goes out the window the moment we find ourselves within fork's reach of chili cheese fries. So instead of focusing on our own inevitably-broken promises, we turned to a few of our L.A. chef friends to find out what......

Griddlecakes. Pancakes. Flapjacks. Heck, there's even the Danish aebleskiver. Aside from a high-octane cup of coffee, few things get our mornings started better than a towering stack of fluffy pancakes laced with butter, dripping with sticky maple syrup, or perhaps even dusted with powdered sugar. After a month-long holiday binge......

From W Hollywood's Delphine to The Montage's Scarpetta to The Four Seasons' Culina, transforming L.A.'s hotel restaurants from forgettable to five-star is seemingly becoming routine. Now Tony DiSalvo (Gramercy Tavern, Jean Georges, Jack's) is making his mark as executive chef of Whist, inside Santa Monica's Viceroy hotel. We talked to......

Next Friday evening, 2010 will tick away its final seconds taking with it 365 days of restaurant openings, (Test Kitchen, Chick-fil-A, A-Frame) and closings (R.I.P. Anisette, Grace), food truck controversy, farmer's market battles, and Top 10 compilations of everything from the foodie words we hate the most to our favorite......

Nothing says Christmas more than... tacos, ping pong and sex parties? Suffice to say we wouldn't expect anything less from Royal/T -- Culver City's quirky combo of art gallery meets Japanese maid cafe meets retail store -- which hosts its first annual Tokyo Social Club "Christmas is for Cupid" multi-player......

In August, we bid adieu to celebrity hot (and then cold) spot, Les Deux . Well, if you haven't heard, Les Deux is back, having traded in its velvet rope, bouncer and botox- and collogen-infused interior for a more attractive (pun intended) and hopefully, long-term, status as a neighborhood gastropub......

From Mario Batali to Tom Colicchio to Joel Robuchon, it's no question that Las Vegas has become a veritable who's-who of the celebrity chef world. Tomorrow, competition is about to get a bit steeper, as L.A. chefs David Myers (Comme Ça), José Andrés (The Bazaar by José Andrés, Tres), Scott......

L.A. is chalk full of holiday events this weekend -- from downtown's Artisanal L.A. to Bond Appetit: James Bond, Foodie event -- and now the Valley is getting into the mix. On Saturday, Dec. 11 and Sunday, Dec. 12 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., the Rotary Arts and Crafts......

Monday, December 13th, may be Test Kitchen's final dinner service, but Bill Chait and Brian Saltsburg's restaurant experiment is going out with a big-time culinary (and charitable) bang. For $150/person, Test Kitchen and non-profits Share Our Strength and Gettlove, are bringing together eight Test Kitchen alums -- Ricardo Zarate (Picca),......

Gooey grilled cheese sandwiches filled with braised short rib. Homemade fig and mascarpone ice cream sandwiched between warm oatmeal cookies. Chunks of fresh lobster meat bursting out of a toasted roll. Three reasons L.A. street fairs -- from Downtown's Art Walk to Venice's First Fridays -- have become a breakaway......