Christine Chiao

We couldn't have planned National Ceviche Day, or Día Nacional del Cebiche in Peru, to fall on a better day this year. A dish cool in varying degrees, ceviche is best enjoyed when it's uncomfortably hot outside -- which it is now, if you haven't noticed yet. Found throughout Central......

This town has had a history of launching national hamburger chains, from McDonald's to Umami Burger. Could hot dogs be next? Within three years of opening three locations on the West side of the San Gabriel Valley, Dog Haus has taken steps toward building a national franchise, founding partners Hagop......

Some pairings just work in baseball: Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, peanuts and Cracker Jacks. Lukewarm beer on a a blazing hot summer day, however, is not one of them. Officials at Dodger Stadium seemed to have figured out as much. Since the beginning of the season, Kirin Ichiban has......

Cold sesame noodles are often considered more snack than meal in Chinese cuisine -- fast and accessible. At most restaurants in town, there's one general style: noodles, typically thin, with julienned cucumbers and a variation of a sauce heavy on sesame paste, punctuated by splashes of minced garlic, soy, vinegar......

Vegan Pizza Day June 29 is Vegan Pizza Day and, in commemoration, chef Erick Simmons will offer five pizza options -- four savory and one sweet -- for $10 each at Mohawk Bend. The menu will include Green Goddess, a pizza topped with roasted garlic, scallions, olives, green beans, arugula......

Scratch|Bar, is opening on Restaurant Row in Beverly Hills today. Expect the menus to be informed by the collective experiences of chef-owner Phillip Lee and his team. "We go to the market every morning. The menu is constantly evolving. All the cooks in the kitchen, we all come from very......

When it comes to food, your smartphone can do more than take photos of it. You can also hone your fruit slicing speed or try your hand at running a fast-casual restaurant. Last week, Bloomberg reported that game developer King was taking steps towards becoming an IPO. It's unsurprising given......

Chef-owner Brandon Boudet oversees the culinary development of 101 Coffee Shop, Little Dom's, Dominick's and, since last year Tom Bergin's Tavern by trying to focus on the cuisine rather than the chef behind it. "When people think about where they're going to go eat, they're normally thinking about a dish......

The Sunset Strip farmers market makes a fair attempt to maximize the small public lot at 8755 Sunset Boulevard that it's allotted every Thursday from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. There's a dog-sitting service at the entrance and a beer garden with live music towards the back, as well as......

A glance at the chalkboard menu indicates little of how nuanced the G&B shake at the new G&B Coffee shop inside Grand Central Market turns out to be. There's no description of the milkshake, not even an extra word or two for context -- not that it would help much......