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A cake by name, the great-great-grandmother's corn cake at Cook's Tortas rests comfortably in the overlap of cornbread and creamed corn, should the two ever met. Baked in a bundt pan, the cake is two-thirds crust enshrouding an interior of near custard proportions that recalls a cream-soaked cake in the......

If you ask an Angeleno of Korean heritage where you can find good kimchi jigae, or kimchi stew, more often than not you'll hear "my mom's." It's not out of any unwillingness to provide a tip, or maybe two. It's just one of those dishes that appear in a home......

When it comes to proximity to good food, not all court locations are equal. If you're lucky (well, relatively so), you'll be assigned to Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on Temple Street the next time you receive a summons calling you to your civic duty. It's adjacent to the......

National Doughnut Day at BLD BLD will give visitors a sneak peak of the ICDC (Ice Cream, Doughnuts and Coffee), Neal Fraser's coming dessert shop, with a range of doughnuts made by pastry chef Mariah Swann. Flavors include cereal milk glazed, beer caramel with pretzel crunch, and apple cheddar fritter......

If you haven't already heard, Empress Pavilion locked its doors for the final time this past Sunday, evicted after operating in Chinatown for 24 years. For insiders, the shutter had hovered as a very real possibility for a while, as landlord and tenants struggled to reconcile issues related to building......

Oklahoma Tornado Relief L.A. Spice is featuring a special menu this week, organized to benefit natural disaster victims in Oklahoma. A dollar will be donated to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma for each item purchased from the special menu. The options include shrimp and corn hush puppies, barbecue chicken,......

Tonight is the opening of Carson House, a new pub in Beverly Hills that will feature an extended list of craft and rare beers in addition to American fare, California wine and cocktails named after parts of the neighborhood. The craft beer offering will be a shift in a part......

At their restaurants Hatfield's, on the southern edge of Hollywood, and The Sycamore Kitchen, in Fairfax, Karen Hatfield holds the title of pastry chef, while her husband Quinn is the chef. Their relationship has been personal for almost as long as it has been professional. And whereas the restaurants may......

McDonald's CEO Don Thompson recently shared his weight loss strategy at an analyst conference -- and it didn't require setting aside daily meals at the fast food chain. In fact, perhaps taking a tip or two from Subway spokesperson Jared Fogle, McDonald's meals are a part of Thompson's daily diet,......

Finding a general lack of community among vegan chefs, Makini Howell, a lifelong vegan and chef-owner of Plum Bistro in Seattle, decided to organize pop-ups around the country and invite fellow chefs to help. It's her attempt to begin building the kind of network she'd like to see vegan chefs......