Christine Chiao

Chuan Ma; Credit: Christine Chiao

4 Great Dan Dan Noodles in San Gabriel Valley

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 3), we'll be bringing you periodic lists of some of the best things we've found to eat and drink around town. Ice cream sandwiches and bowls of tsukemen, fish tacos and dan dan mian, cups of boba and......
Avocado sandwich; Credit: Dr. J's Vibrant Cafe

Dr. J's Vibrant Cafe in Downtown Now Open

Over the past few years, the Downtown culinary scene has seen a pretty dramatic shift -- and it may as well be measured by its vegan-friendly options, something we often associate more with the west side of town. Making its grand debut at the Medallion mixed-use complex on 4th and......
The Taste; Credit: Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times The Taste Coming Labor Day Weekend

Not for nothing have our summers become a season of feasts -- whether it's Lucky Rice Feast taking place this Saturday, July 27, or our Pancake Breakfast coming up on August 11. It's almost fitting then that The Taste, a three-day food festival hosted by The Los Angeles Times, should......
Raspbury Twist at Cleo; Credit: Christine Chiao

New Cocktails at Cleo + A Recipe for Raspbury Twist

Reflective of the food, many of the cocktails at Cleo involve just a handful of quality ingredients. Take the new Raspbury Twist, a vodka-based cocktail with muddled fresh raspberries and rosemary, or a gin drink with crushed lemons and thyme syrup called Lemon Thyme Smash. There's also the Old Hollywood,......
Peach cobbler with cream biscuits; Credit: Roxana Jullapat

Roxana Jullapat's Recipe for Peach Cobbler with Cream Biscuits

A ripe peach, brimming with flavor and juice just below a thin velvet skin, requires little to no adornment. It's why, when considering any dessert recipe that features the stone fruit, there will occur a certain level of reverse inquiry. Will your efforts be rewarded? Or will you find that......
Credit: Facebook/Taco Bell

Taco Bell Takes Kids Meals Off Menus

In Taco Bell's vision of living más, it may appear that age ain't nothing but a number. The fast food chain announced today plans to take kids meals off its menus and has begun to phase out its inventory effective immediately. By January 2014, all locations will have removed the......