Daina Beth Solomon

At L.A.'s Mexican restaurants, the classic combination plate -- you know, the No. 5 or the "Macho Combo" or the "Pancho Villa Platter" that serves up a burrito, taco, tamale and chile relleno topped with yellow cheese along with refried beans, rice and flour tortillas -- tends to be ridiculed......

Smoking Meats & Seafood 101 with Ernest Miller Learn to smoke meats and seafood with Ernest Miller, lead instructor of the Los Angeles County Master Food Preserver Program. Register in person or email sibyl.fenwick@wholefoods.com. WHAT: Smoking Meats & Seafood 101 WHEN: 6 - 7:30 p.m., June 28 WHERE: Whole Foods......

You won't find "Perutown" or "Little Lima" in Los Angeles. The Peruvian and Peruvian-American population is spread out around Greater L.A., and so are our Peruvian restaurants. So maybe you haven't noticed these eateries -- often small and unassuming spots, tucked in strip malls far from trendy restaurant rows. But......

Mixology101 Cocktail Classes Bartenders Joseph Brooke of Mixology101 and Salvatore Calabrese from London teach about cocktail culture and mixing techniques. "Journey Through the Classics" on June 25 features classic cocktails such as the martini and old-fashioned, while "Sizzling Summer Entertaining" on June 26 teaches how to pair summer cocktails with......

Pair two affable, self-described "food dudes" living in L.A. -- digital marketing consultant Drew Hubbard with film and video editor Ben Waters, who has improv comedy training -- and you get L.A. Foodie. The site with the colorful burger logo and light-hearted tone delivers commentary on topics ranging from gourmet......

Diana Kennedy, the Mexican cuisine authority and cookbook author, doesn't often travel outside of Mexico, where she lives in rural Michoacán a few hours from Mexico City. For the past 65 years, Mexico has been her home, and a laboratory for her studies and writings about Mexico's regional cuisines. So......

Golden Road Beer Dinner at Tin Roof Bistro Try a different Golden Road beer (including limited release brews Get Up Offa That Brown, Either Side of the Hill, and Hudson Rye Porter) with each of five courses prepared by chef Anne Conness. Golden Road co-founder Meg Gill, who we recently......

Viña Montes Wine Tasting The founder of Viña Montes in Chile brings his wines to Urbano Pizza Bar for a tasting complemented by pork belly skewers, duck confit sliders, vegetable antipasti, mozzarella on crostini, and onion confit tartlet. Some proceeds support the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. WHAT: Viña Montes Wine Tasting......

In every profession, you'll find those who care about flaunting style on the job. Even the most mundane accessory is a chance to make a statement without words. Jonny "Coffin" Edwards, whom we profiled recently in the People issue, knows this well. Since the mid-'90s, his company Coffin Case has......

Rick Bayless at Red O On the occasion of Red O's second anniversary, chef Rick Bayless stops by during Street Food Social Hour to mingle and sign his latest cookbook, Fiesta at Rick's. Then he's in the kitchen during dinner, offering the strawberry shortcake gratis with each meal. WHAT: Rick......